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Joan Aiken


Born
in Rye, East Sussex, The United Kingdom
September 04, 1924

Died
January 04, 2004

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Joan Aiken was a much loved English writer who received the MBE for services to Children's Literature. She was known as a writer of wild fantasy, Gothic novels and short stories.

She was born in Rye, East Sussex, into a family of writers, including her father, Conrad Aiken (who won a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry), and her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge. She worked for the United Nations Information Office during the second world war, and then as an editor and freelance on Argosy magazine before she started writing full time, mainly children's books and thrillers. For her books she received the Guardian Award (1969) and the Edgar Allan Poe Award (1972).

Her most popular series, the "Wolves Chronicles" which began with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
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Joan Aiken isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.

New Aiken Book coming out!

Aiken fans will be delighted to discover a new collection of her stories "The Monkey's Wedding" due out on April 19th.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99...

These stories, some never published before, show Aiken at the beginning of her career, and display her astonishing gift for fantasy and the insanely inventive plots which became her trademark in later years. A singing mermaid in a bottle, a c Read more of this blog post »
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“Words are like spices. Too many is worse than too few.”
Joan Aiken, The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories

“Why do we want to have alternate worlds? It's a way of making progress. You have to imagine something before you do it. ”
Joan Aiken

“Night's winged horses
No one can outpace
But midnight is no moment
Midnight is a place.

Meet me at Midnight,
Among the Queen Anne's Lace
Midnight is not a moment,
Midnight is a place—

When, when shall I meet you
When shall I see your face
For I am living in time at present
But you are living in space.

Time is only a corner
Age is only a fold
A year is merely a penny
Spent from a century's gold.

So meet me, meet me at midnight
(With sixty seconds' grace)
Midnight is not a moment;
Midnight is a place.”
Joan Aiken, Midnight is a Place

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