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Diana Wynne Jones

(1934 - 2011)

Diana Wynne Jones was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction. Some of her better-known works include the Chrestomanci series and the novels Howl's Moving Castle and Dark Lord of Derkholm.

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy, Children's Fiction

Series

Dalemark
   1. Cart and Cwidder (1975)
   2. Drowned Ammet (1977)
   3. The Spellcoats (1979)
   4. The Crown of Dalemark (1993)

Chrestomanci
   1. Charmed Life (1977)
   2. The Magicians of Caprona (1980)
   3. Witch Week (1982)
   4. The Lives of Christopher Chant (1988)
   5. Conrad's Fate (2005)
   6. The Pinhoe Egg (2006)
   7. Mixed Magics (2000)

Howl's Castle
   1. Howl's Moving Castle (1986)
   2. Castle in the Air (1990)
   3. House of Many Ways (2008)

Magids
1. Deep Secret (1997)
2. The Merlin Conspiracy (2003)

Derkholm
1. Dark Lord of Derkholm (1998)
2. Year of the Griffin (2000)

Chrestomanci Omnibus
   The Chrestomanci Quartet (2000)
   The Chronicles of Chrestomanci (2001)
   The Chronicles of Chrestomanci Vol. 2 (2001)
   The Chrestomanci Series (2001)
   The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. III (2021)

Novels

   Changeover (1970)
   Wilkins' Tooth (1973)
     aka Witch's Business
   The Ogre Downstairs (1974)
   Dogsbody (1975)
   The Eight Days of Luke (1975)
   Four Grannies (1980)
   The Time of the Ghost (1981)
   The Homeward Bounders (1981)
   Archer's Goon (1984)
   Fire and Hemlock (1984)
   A Tale of Time City (1987)
   Chair Person (1989)
   Wild Robert (1989)
   Aunt Maria (1991)
     aka Black Maria
   A Sudden Wild Magic (1992)
   Hexwood (1993)
   Everard's Ride (1995)
   Puss in Boots (1999)
   Stealer of Souls (2002)
   Enna Hittims (2006)
   The Game (2007)
   Enchanted Glass (2009)
   Earwig And The Witch (2011)
   The Islands of Chaldea (2014) (with Ursula Jones)

Omnibus

Freaky Families (2013)

Collections

   Warlock at the Wheel (1981)
   Stopping for a Spell (1993)
   Minor Arcana (1996)
   Believing Is Seeing (1999)
   Unexpected Magic (2004)
   Vile Visitors (2012)
   3-book Fantasy Collection (2017) (with Norton Juster and T H White)

Picture Books

Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? (1978)
Yes, Dear (1992)

Series contributed to

MagicQuest
9. Power of Three (1976)
12. The Magicians of Caprona (1980)

Anthologies edited

   Hidden Turnings (1989)
   Fantasy Stories (1994)
   Spellbound (2007)

Non fiction

   The Skiver's Guide (1984)
   The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (1996)
   Reflections (2012)

Anthologies containing stories by Diana Wynne Jones

Gaslight and Ghosts (1988)
Hidden Turnings (1989)
Arrows of Eros (1989)
Digital Dreams (1990)
Fantasy Stories (1994)
Fantasy Stories (1996)
Bruce Coville's UFOs (2000)

Short stories

	Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? [short story] (1978)
	The Four Grannies (1980)
	Dragon Reserve, Home Eight (1984)
	The Green Stone (1988)
	Chair Person [short story] (1989)
	The Master (1989)
	Mela Worms (1989)
	Nad and Dan adn Quaffy (1990)

Awards

	World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1985) : Archer's Goon
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1986) : Fire and Hemlock
	British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : A Sudden Wild Magic
	World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement winner (2007)
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2009) : House of Many Ways
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2015) : The Islands of Chaldea

Diana Wynne Jones recommends

The Thief Lord (2000)
Cornelia Funke
"My enjoyment of Thief Lord grew and grew as I read it... and I loved the offbeat ending."

Coraline (2002)
Neil Gaiman
"The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love."

Ingledove (2005)
Marly Youmans
"Ingledove is a marvelous book. I loved it."

Cryoburn (2010)
(Vorkosigan, book 15)
Lois McMaster Bujold
"It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."

Found (2010)
(Magic Thief, book 3)
Sarah Prineas
"I couldn't put it down. Wonderful, exciting stuff!"

Frogspell (2011)
(Frogspell, book 1)
C J Busby
"Great fun!"

Akata Warrior (2017)
(Akata Witch, book 2)
Nnedi Okorafor
"Highly original stuff, episode after amazing episode, full of color, life, and death. Nnedi Okorafor's work is wonderful!"

Ivory Apples (2019)
Lisa Goldstein
"Lisa Goldstein is the perfect, born storyteller."

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