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Joan Aiken
AuthorBooks · Second hand1924-2004
Joan Delano Aiken was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. For The Whispering Mountain, published by Jonathan Cape in 1968, she won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a book award judged by a panel of British children's writers, and she was a commended runner-up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British writer. She won an Edgar Allan Poe Award (1972) for Night Fall.
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Birth
1924
Death
2004
First book
1962
Years writing
64
Joan Aiken was a prolific British author who wrote over 300 works throughout her career.
Her most iconic work, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, is a fundamental benchmark in children's literature.
She specialized in creating fascinating worlds by blending supernatural fiction with alternative history.
Born in Rye, Aiken dedicated much of her life to nurturing the imagination of young readers.
In addition to her role as a novelist, she performed significant work as a literary editor.