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Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken; her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Amanda Craig, writing in The Times, said, 'She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew.' Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in 1962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain.Joan Aiken was decorated with an MBE for her services to children's books. She died in 2004.
The Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
More Arabel and Mortimer
The Kingdom Under the Sea
Bridle The Wind
Dido And Pa
A Foot in the Grave
Arabel and Mortimer Stories
The Stolen Lake
A Necklace Of Raindrops
Go Saddle The Sea
The Teeth of the Gale
Arabel's Raven
Arabel, Mortimer and the Escaped Black Mamba
Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur
The Spiral Stair
Eliza's Daughter
The Scream (PB)
Midwinter Nightingale
The Witch of Clatteringshaws
Limbo Lodge
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Cold Shoulder Road
The Cuckoo Tree
Night Birds On Nantucket
Lady Catherine's Necklace
In Thunder's Pocket
Bone And Dream : A St. Boan Mystery
The Scream (HB)
The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase
Black Hearts in Battersea
Mansfield Revisited
The Song Of Mat And Ben
The Shadow Guests
Jane Fairfax
The Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories
Out now! The Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories by Joan Aiken, illustrated by Quintin Blake. Published by Puffin.
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Happy Birthday Joan Aiken! Now's the time to read Arabel and Mortimer Stories published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
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Happy Birthday Joan Aiken! Now's the time to read The Song Of Mat And Ben published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Happy Birthday Joan Aiken! Now's the time to read The Shadow Guests published by Puffin.
Happy Birthday Joan Aiken! Now's the time to read Mansfield Revisited published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Happy Birthday Joan Aiken! Now's the time to read Bridle The Wind published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Happy Birthday Joan Aiken! Now's the time to read The Teeth of the Gale published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Happy Birthday Joan Aiken! Now's the time to read Go Saddle The Sea published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
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