Joan Aiken

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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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