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Diana Wynne Jones

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English children's fantasy writer (1934-2011)

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Diana Wynne Jones was a British novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer. She principally wrote speculative fiction novels for children and young adults.

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2007World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement
1999British Fantasy Awards
1999Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
1996Mythopoeic Awards
1996Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
1981Zilveren Griffel
1978Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

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Diana Wynne Jones was a British novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer. She principally wrote speculative fiction novels for children and young adults. Although usually described as fantasy, her work also incorporates science fiction themes like time travel and parallel universes, and elements of realism. Some of her best-known works are the Chrestomanci heptalogy, the Dalemark Quartet, the Moving Castle trilogy, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland.

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Lived 1934 to 2011 · aged 76
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