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	Diana Wynne Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Diana Wynne Jones (born London August 16, 1934) is a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction.
		Jones was born in London on 16th August 1934, the daughter of Marjorie (neé Jackson) and Richard Aneurin Jones, both of whom were educators.
		Jones' books range from a broad, almost slapstick delight in the construction of absurd-yet-logical situations (especially evident in the endings of some of her books), to sharp social observation, to witty parody of literary forms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diana_Wynne_Jones (975 words)

	BBC - Going Out in Bristol - Diana Wynne Jones
		Diana Wynne Jones is in the middle of writing a new book, "it's like wrestling with an angel," she said.
		Her father, who Diana freely admits was a bit of a "Scrooge", had been a teacher and knew the importance of his three daughters reading.
		Diana admits her works, which include the Christopher Chant novels and the Chronicles of Chrestomanci, have "a life of their own," a fact which became apparent as soon as she started writing.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bristol/content/goingout/2003/03/05/books.shtml (1013 words)

	Strange Horizons Reviews: Diana Wynne Jones: Children's Literature and the Fantastic Tradition by Farah Mendlesohn, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Farah Mendlesohn's study of Diana Wynne Jones is a delight to read in itself, and also the kind of critical study that sends one galloping back to the books themselves with new and exciting insights.
		Jones, however, places the acquisition of agency at the centre: real power comes with the ability to make conscious choices, and this is a process rather than a completed state.
		Jones resists or subverts the mechanisms of god-games and prophecies: her characters acquire "the ability to both comprehend and challenge apparently rigid structures" (p.
	www.strangehorizon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reviews/2006/06/_diana_wy.shtml (1148 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| 'He saw my books from the inside out'
		It's a good match, since Jones too is an august conjurer of magical fancies, fêted by her legion of fans and yet curiously unsung by the wider world.
		Though now in her seventies, Jones explains that she was inspired to write the story two decades ago, when her lactose-intolerant condition - a mystery to the medical profession, she says - first left her hobbling on walking sticks.
		Jones says she's been an admirer since catching a pirated version of his Laputa: Castle in the Sky at a science-fiction convention.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/09/23/bfwynne23.xml (976 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Diana Wynne Jones - Author
		Diana Wynne Jones is a British writer of fantasy novels and short stories.
		Wynne Jones has been writing wonderful books for years, but has never achieved the fame of other authors such as that of JK Rowling.
		In these strange times, Diana and her sisters had a disturbed upbringing, often being looked after by grandparents, by a group of Anglican nuns and by a group of mothers, while her parents worked.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A533963 (1122 words)

	K6 Biographies - Diana Wynne Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Diana Wynne Jones was born in London, England.
		There were very few books in the house so Diana, at the age of eight, began to write stories for herself and her sisters.
		It is not surprising that Diana Wynne Jones creates mystery, magic and fantasy in her books for children and young adults.
	www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~dkbrown/k6/jones.html (182 words)

	Diana Wynne Jones
		For twenty-five years Diana Wynne Jones has been delighting her devoted readers with amazing and expansive fantasies.
		Jones' fans old and new welcome the sequel to Dark Lord Of Derkholm, Year of the Griffin.
		Jones introduces Querida, Derk, Blade, and Shona and a remarkable cast of wizards, soldiers, kings, dragons, and griffins, and mixes in a lively dash of humor.
	www.harperchildrens.com /hch/fiction/features/griffin/index.asp (270 words)

	Powell's Books - Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
		Diana Wynne Jones's entrancing fantasy is filled with surprises at every turn, but when the final stormy duel between the Witch and the Wizard is finished, all the pieces fall magically into place.
		Diana Wynne Jones was raised in the village of Thaxted, in Essex, England.
		Jones lives in Bristol, England, with her husband, a professor of English at Bristol University.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-006441034x-0 (695 words)

	Interview with Diana Wynne Jones
		At the time of this interview, I was working on a Masters Thesis on several of Diana Wynne Jones' novels, particularly her Chrestomanci novels.
		Diana Wynne Jones writes challenging and wildly entertaining fantasies for children, drawing on references as wide as ancient Celtic mythology, mediaeval theology, and Steven Hawkings' theories of time.
		Judith Ridge was privileged to meet with and chat to Diana when she was in Sydney about writing for children, the importance of fantasy, and what she believes she offers the child reader.
	www.misrule.com.au /dwjones.html (2510 words)

	ANNE GAY The Line One Interview with Diana Wynne Jones
		Diana continues, "The ghost stories he told were to the visitors at the conference centre.
		Having made her name with children's fiction, Diana Wynne Jones is moving more into adult fiction but it isn't always a conscious decision.
		Wynne Jones is a great believer in empowerment for young people.
	www.herebedragons.co.uk /gay/dwj.htm (2125 words)

	I LOVE DIANA WYNNE JONES BOOKS!!!
		Behold the shrine to Diana Wynne Jones! You have entered the room that pays homage to my favorite author (and in my opinion, one of the greatest fantasy author there ever was). Her books are unlike anything I have ever read. I read
		This is a boarding-school story that takes place in an alternate world where there are witches, and where witches are still burned at the stake.
		Wynne Jones seems to have a very interesting and unusual life. Many coincidences happen with her (although I don't believe in coincidence). There's the travel jinx, and the places she gets ideas for books (not at the "Idea Bank", that's for sure!). It seems that magick is all around her.
	www.laresnymph.homestead.com /dwj.html (690 words)

	Diana Wynne Jones - A biography of Diana Wynne Jones.
		Diana Wynne Jones was born in August 1934 in London, where she had a chaotic and unsettled childhood against the background of World War II.
		As children, Diana and her two sisters were deprived of a good, steady supply of books by a father, 'who could beat Scrooge in a meanness contest'.
		In 1999, she won two major fantasy awards: the children's section of the Mythopeic Award in the USA, and the Karl Edward Wagner Award in the UK - which is awarded by the British Fantasy Society to individuals or organizations who have made a significant impact on fantasy.
	www.bookbrowse.com /biographies/index.cfm?author_number=908 (748 words)

	Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
		Diana Wynne Jones has again successfully defended her title as one of Britain’s best loved fantasy writers with a winsome and long overdue return to the world of the charming nine-lived enchanter, Chrestomanci.
		The Related Worlds in Diana Wynne Jones’ multiverse are the nearby parallel worlds, some which like our own are entirely mechanistic and empirical, and others where the powers of imagination and magic hold stronger sway.
		I would be surprised if Diana Wynne Jones’ work hadn’t served as inspiration for later youth fantasy writers who meantime and by happenstance have become more widely read.
	www.scifidimensions.com /May05/conradsfate.htm (630 words)

	Oxford \| Education \| Diana Wynne Jones
		Diana Wynne Jones' early childhood was disrupted by World War II.
		Diana's Dalemark Quartet is an outstanding fantasy series which will delight fans of Diana Wynne Jones' World of Chestomanci series.
		Since 1976 Diana Wynne Jones has lived in Bristol with her husband and three sons.
	www.oup.com /oxed/children/authors/jones (175 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Merlin Conspiracy: Books: Diana Wynne Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Wynne Jones's many fans will pounce on this complex but fast-moving fantasy that features not only 34 characters, but a panther, a goat, a dragon, and an extremely charming elephant.
		Wynne Jones's books are charming, well-constructed fantasies full of fresh twists and joyous life.
		This was the first book by Diana Wynne Jones I read, so I came to it with no expectations.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Merlin-Conspiracy-Diana-Wynne-Jones/dp/0007151411 (1354 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: Deep Secret
		Jones employs a mixture of engaging characters, interesting fantasy concepts, and a light touch with serious undertones, to create a novel that is infectious and absorbing.
		Jones is one of those natural storytellers: her books compel reading.
		And hopefully, the publication of this novel in the United States is a harbinger of more Diana Wynne Jones to come, since her earlier works are not so easy to find in the New World.
	www.sfsite.com /07a/sec60.htm (983 words)

	Diana Wynne Jones: The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Diana Wynne Jones's The Tough Guide to Fantasyland is a fantastic piece of genre satire.
		Jones begins the book exactly where most fantasy novels begin when she states "1.
		Find the map." Following her brief introduction, in which she lays the basic groundwork for what the tough guide is, Jones presents an alphabetical glossary in which she lampoons all the stock characters, sites and activities in fantasy novels.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/jones.html (286 words)

	Diana Wynne Jones, Tough Guide and Dark Lord of Derkholm
		Diana Wynne Jones and satire, at least in my experience, seem to go together like tea and crumpets.
		Particularly when turning her penetrating gaze on fantasy (an area in which she herself is rapidly gaining an honored place on my "exceptionally capable practitioners" list), Jones shows an ability to zero in on cliché with the precision of a surgeon.
		The Tough Guide to Fantasyland takes Jones' satire up an order of magnitude: she manages not only to skewer every triteness (and every hole in universe-building) in every fantasy novel you've ever read, but also takes on travel agents, guided tours, guidebooks, tourists, and the corporate mindset.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_jones_toughguide_etal.html (635 words)

	Amazon.com: Howl's Moving Castle: Books: Diana Wynne Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jones mocks this and many other fairy-tale cliches, such as the hilarious scene where Sophie lurches around in seven-league boots.
		Jones includes bits and pieces of standard fantasy, from fire demons to seven-league boots, but what results is, as always, entirely her own.
		Jones is finally starting to get her due as an author, and this is a good place to start reading her works.
	www.amazon.com /Moving-Castle-Diana-Wynne-Jones/dp/006441034X (2215 words)

	Amazon.ca: Howl's Moving Castle: Books: Diana Wynne Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jones has created an engaging set of characters and found a new use for many of the appurtenances of fairy talesseven league boots and invisible cloaks, among others.
		He also altered the story and some of the characters so read with an open mind and prepare to fall in love with Sophie, Howl, Calcifer (who, by the way is blue not orange), Michael (not Markl and actually a teenager), and all the magic that goes with them.
		Diana Wynne Jones is much more subtle with her lessons in the book than Miyazaki is in the movie so don't expect the "war is bad" and "love is good" lessons to be thrown in your face.
	www.amazon.ca /Moving-Castle-Diana-Wynne-Jones/dp/0006755232 (1728 words)

	Chrestomanci Castle:Diana Wynne Jones
		Books and writings will take you to information on all of the books by DWJ that have ever been published, as well as information about her articles, reviews, and anything else she's written.
		Jones about her work, first chapters, or plot summaries.
		Quotes is a script that gives a different random quote from a Diana Wynne Jones book every time you load the page.
	suberic.net /dwj (560 words)

	Amazon.de: Howl's Moving Castle, Film Tie-In: English Books: Diana Wynne Jones,Diana Wynne Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Diana Wynne Jones takes her readers along on a wild, creative, chaotic, and definitely most enjoyable fairground ride full of wonderful characters.
		Fantasy by Diana Wynne Jones is never quite what you expect and this is no exception.
		Diana Wynne Jones may well be the best-kept secret in children's and YA fantasy in this country, and that is a crying shame, especially in the light of the success of the Harry Potter boks, which are very similar to DWJ's books, but not (to my taste) as good.
	www.amazon.de /Howls-Moving-Castle-Film-Tie/dp/006441034X (1595 words)

	ACHUKA - Children's Books UK - Adele Geras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Diana Wynne Jones was born in London in 1934 and grew up in a village in Essex.
		She has been hortlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal and was a runner-up for the Children's Book Award in 1981.
		Married, with three sons, Diana Wynne Jones has lived for many years in Bristol, currently lives in a house that even taxi drivers cannot find.
	www.achuka.co.uk /archive/interviews/dwjsg.php (127 words)

	Diana Wynne Jones
		Diana Wynne Jones (born London August 16, 1934) is a writer of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction.
		She was raised in the village of Thaxted in Essex, and now lives in Clifton in the city of Bristol, England.
		A version dubbed into English was released in the USA in 2005, with the voice of Howl performed by Christian Bale.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Diana_Wynne_Jones.php (618 words)

	Diana Wynne Jones - sffworld.com
		DWJ is an extremely prolific children's fantasy (and some sci fi) writer.
		I think almost all of her books have recently been re-issued in the UK (she's British) and they are slowly being re-released in the US.
		One of the good things about DWJ is that she doesn't come up with big funny moments and then it's all sober the rest of the time.
	www.sffworld.com /forums/showthread.php?p=66807 (551 words)

	Diana Wynne Jones
		Diana Wynne Jones is an extraordinarily clever British writer who thoroughly trumps J. Rowling in world-building, plot, characters and language.
		Her books are usually wildly funny in an understated, dry way, and the plots are sometimes so dizzying it takes a few days of hard thinking just to figure them out entirely.
		I believe she has a new book coming out set in the same world as Darklord called Year of the Griffin.
	www.angelfire.com /ca2/ladyailanna/djones.html (331 words)

	Diana Wynne Jones, Conrad's Fate e (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		And yes, indeed, there is something very strange about Stallery -- in fact, there are many strange things about Stallery, some of which may pull Conrad's world into one of the other eleven universes, and unraveling these puzzles is the core of the story.
		Conrad's Fate is the fifth in Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci series, and my first exposure to Jones.
		It's definitely on my re-read list, and I am eager for more of Jones' work.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_wynnejones_conradsfate.html (508 words)

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