Scholarship and criticism on Joan Aiken

Notice

This is not necessarily a "complete" bibliography of scholarship on this author. Rather, it is a selective bibliography of feminist SF scholarship, or scholarship of particular interest to feminist SF scholars.

Entries in encyclopedias and databases

• 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 at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Joan Aiken at the Internet Book List
• Works by or about Scholarship and criticism on 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. 

• Bibliography, with cover images, at Fantastic Fiction

Articles

• Retrospective: The Endless Imagination of Joan Aiken, at Books For Keeps
• "Joan Aiken: Wolves and Alternate Worlds", Locus Magazine (1998)
• Susan Patron, School Library Journal, v.49, n.6, pp.136 (2003).
• John Rowe Townsend, Written for Children: An Outline of English Children's Literature (multiple editions)
• Nicholas Tucker, "Joan Aiken: Popular and Prolific Children's Writer", The Independent (Jan. 10, 2004)

Obituaries

• 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.

Fan sites

• Incomplete Bibliography

Other sources

• The Official Joan Aiken Website