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Diana Wynne Jones

1934 - 2011

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Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer. She principally wrote fantasy and speculative fiction novels for children and young adults. Although usually described as fantasy, some of her work also incorporates science fiction themes and elements of realism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diana Wynne Jones has received more than 1,321,312 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Diana Wynne Jones is the 1,069th most popular writer (down from 761st in 2019), the 807th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 624th in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Writer.

Diana Wynne Jones is most famous for her work in children's fantasy and young adult fiction. She has written over 30 books, including the popular Howl's Moving Castle and The Chronicles of Chrestomanci series.

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  • 3.53

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Notable Works

Power of Three
1976
The Time of the Ghost
1981
Fire and Hemlock
Fiction
Preparing to return to college, Polly is distracted by a photograph, a supernatural story, and memories that seem unrelated to her life and enters into a realm of intrigue, magic, mystery, and love.
19704 / 5
Charmed Life (Chrestomanci #1)
1977
Dogsbody
1975
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle #1)
Comics & Graphic Novels
Sophie thinks of herself as plain and boring, especially compared to her vivacious younger sister Lettie. Sophie expects to spend the rest of her life quietly making hats in the back room of her family's shop, but as her country prepares for war, she is forced to set out on an extraordinary adventure! Sophie's excitement continues as she takes up the position of cleaning lady in Howl's Moving Castle. She soon finds herself at home and making friends with the demon in the fireplace and even the moody Howl. And while horrors of war are edging closer and the magicians of the kingdom turn themselves into terrible monsters to fight the enemy, Sophie finds that what she really needs to fear is Howl's bathroom!
1986

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Diana Wynne Jones ranks 1,069 out of 7,302. Before her are Egeria, Ernst Toller, Valerie Solanas, Sonia Rykiel, Madeleine de Scudéry, and Ilia Chavchavadze. After her are Dionysius Thrax, Robert Graves, Elsa Morante, Nikolai Leskov, Georg Kaiser, and Pu Songling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Diana Wynne Jones ranks 68. Before her are Heng Samrin, Stanislav Shushkevich, Marshall Rosenberg, Édith Cresson, Lansana Conté, and Eduard Khil. After her are Abimael Guzmán, Fujiko Fujio, Udo Jürgens, Albert Speer, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and Hans Hollein. Among people deceased in 2011, Diana Wynne Jones ranks 50. Before her are Har Gobind Khorana, Amy Winehouse, Gunter Sachs, Richard Winters, Leonora Carrington, and Aristides Pereira. After her are Ante Marković, Alberto Granado, Pete Postlethwaite, Linda Christian, Lucian Freud, and Maria Schneider.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Diana Wynne Jones ranks 807 out of 8,785. Before her are William Ewart Gladstone (1809), David Harvey (1935), John Vane (1927), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), John Langdon Down (1828), and Adam Ferguson (1723). After her are Robert Graves (1895), David Cameron (1966), Osborne Reynolds (1842), John Ray (1627), Tim Roth (1961), and Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Diana Wynne Jones ranks 97. Before her are Samuel Richardson (1689), Henry Fielding (1707), Thomas De Quincey (1785), P. D. James (1920), Thomas Malory (1405), and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757). After her are Robert Graves (1895), John Berger (1926), Dylan Thomas (1914), E. M. Forster (1879), John William Polidori (1795), and Bernard Cornwell (1944).

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