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'''Joan Aiken''' was an English fantasy, alternate history, and horror writer, both for adults and children. | '''Joan Aiken''' (Sept. 24, 1924 - Jan. 4, 2004) was an English fantasy, alternate history, and horror writer, both for adults and children. | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
; Wolves Chronicles (alternate history) | ; Wolves Chronicles / Wolves of Willoughby Chase (alternate history) | ||
* ''[[The Wolves of Willoughby Chase]]'' (1963) | * ''[[The Whispering Mountain]]'' (1968) a prequel to the series | ||
* ''[[The Wolves of Willoughby Chase]]'' (1963) (initially titled ''Bonnie Green'') | |||
* ''[[Black Hearts in Battersea]]'' (1964) | * ''[[Black Hearts in Battersea]]'' (1964) | ||
* | * ''[[Nightbirds on Nantucket]]'' (1966) | ||
* ''[[The Stolen Lake]]'' (1981) | |||
* ''[[Limbo Lodge]]'' (UK title) (1999) (published in the US as ''[[Dangerous Games]]'') | |||
* ''[[The Cuckoo Tree]]'' (1971) | |||
* ''[[Dido and Pa]]'' (1986) | |||
* ''[[Is]]'' (UK title; American title: ''[[Is Underground]]'') (1992) | |||
* ''[[Cold Shoulder Road]]'' (1995) | |||
* ''[[Midwinter Nightingale]]'' (2003) | |||
* ''[[The Witch of Clatteringshaws]]'' (2005) | |||
; Arabel and Mortimer series | |||
; Jane Austen series | |||
==Notable characters== | |||
; Wolves Chronicles | |||
* [[Miss Letitia Slighcarp]] (villainess governess in Wolves Chronicles) | |||
* [[Bonnie Green]] | |||
* [[Sylvia Green]] | |||
* Simon the gooseboy | |||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Aiken wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Aiken wikipedia] | ||
* Ellen Baier, "Aiken, Joan Delany (1924-2004)" entry, ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', ed. Robin Anne Reid volume 2 (2009) (pp. 1-2) | |||
* [http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Issues/05/Aiken.html "Joan Aiken: Wolves and Alternate Worlds"], ''Locus Magazine'' (1998) | |||
* [[John Rowe Townsend]], ''[[Written for Children: An Outline of English Children's Literature]]'' (multiple editions) | |||
* [[The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (film)]] (1989) | |||
* Nicholas Tucker, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/joan-aiken-549245.html "Joan Aiken: Popular and Prolific Children's Writer"], ''The Independent'' (Jan. 10, 2004) | |||
* Susan Patron, ''School Library Journal'', v.49, n.6, pp.136 (2003). | |||
* [http://www.joanaiken.com/ The Official Joan Aiken Website] | |||
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1451045/Joan-Aiken.html Obituary], ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 6 January 2004. | |||
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Obituary] and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/jan/09/guardianobituaries Appreciation], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 7 & 9 January 2004. | |||
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article990979.ece Obituary], ''[[The Times]]'', 9 January 2004. | |||
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/joan-aiken-549245.html Obituary], ''[[The Independent]]'', 10 January 2004. | |||
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tibsnjoan/JoanAiken/ Incomplete Bibliography] | |||
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/joan-aiken/ Bibliography, with cover images, at Fantastic Fiction] | |||
* [http://www.booksforkeeps.co.uk/issues/157/85 Retrospective: The Endless Imagination of Joan Aiken, at ''Books For Keeps''] | |||
* {{isfdb name|id=Joan_Aiken|name=Joan Aiken}} | |||
* {{iblist name|id=3984|name=Joan Aiken}} | |||
* {{worldcat id|id=lccn-n80-5268}} | |||
*{{Cite book | last=Bleiler | first=Richard | title=Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror |location=New York | publisher = Charles Scribners & Thomson/Gale | date=2003 | pages=21–31 in Vol 1 of 2 | isbn=0684312522 | unused_data=ed.}} | |||
*{{Cite book | last=Tymn | first=Marshall B. |coauthors=Kenneth J. Zahorski and Robert H. Boyer | title=Fantasy Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide | location=New York | publisher=R.R. Bowker Co | page=39 | date=1979 | isbn =0-8352-1431-1}} | |||
Revision as of 13:02, 1 December 2010
Joan Aiken (Sept. 24, 1924 - Jan. 4, 2004) was an English fantasy, alternate history, and horror writer, both for adults and children.
Works
- Wolves Chronicles / Wolves of Willoughby Chase (alternate history)
- The Whispering Mountain (1968) a prequel to the series
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1963) (initially titled Bonnie Green)
- Black Hearts in Battersea (1964)
- Nightbirds on Nantucket (1966)
- The Stolen Lake (1981)
- Limbo Lodge (UK title) (1999) (published in the US as Dangerous Games)
- The Cuckoo Tree (1971)
- Dido and Pa (1986)
- Is (UK title; American title: Is Underground) (1992)
- Cold Shoulder Road (1995)
- Midwinter Nightingale (2003)
- The Witch of Clatteringshaws (2005)
- Arabel and Mortimer series
- Jane Austen series
Notable characters
- Wolves Chronicles
- Miss Letitia Slighcarp (villainess governess in Wolves Chronicles)
- Bonnie Green
- Sylvia Green
- Simon the gooseboy
Further reading
- wikipedia
- Ellen Baier, "Aiken, Joan Delany (1924-2004)" entry, Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Robin Anne Reid volume 2 (2009) (pp. 1-2)
- "Joan Aiken: Wolves and Alternate Worlds", Locus Magazine (1998)
- John Rowe Townsend, Written for Children: An Outline of English Children's Literature (multiple editions)
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (film) (1989)
- Nicholas Tucker, "Joan Aiken: Popular and Prolific Children's Writer", The Independent (Jan. 10, 2004)
- Susan Patron, School Library Journal, v.49, n.6, pp.136 (2003).
- The Official Joan Aiken Website
- Obituary, Daily Telegraph, 6 January 2004.
- Obituary and Appreciation, The Guardian, 7 & 9 January 2004.
- Obituary, The Times, 9 January 2004.
- Obituary, The Independent, 10 January 2004.
- Incomplete Bibliography
- Bibliography, with cover images, at Fantastic Fiction
- Retrospective: The Endless Imagination of Joan Aiken, at Books For Keeps
- Joan Aiken at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Joan Aiken at the Internet Book List
- Works by or about Joan Aiken in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Bleiler, Richard (2003). Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror. New York: Charles Scribners & Thomson/Gale. pp. 21–31 in Vol 1 of 2. ISBN 0684312522.
- Tymn, Marshall B.; Kenneth J. Zahorski and Robert H. Boyer (1979). Fantasy Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. p. 39. ISBN 0-8352-1431-1.
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