Join us for a spirited discussion of one of our favourite fantasy authors – the late, great Diana Wynne Jones!

Author of Howl’s Moving Castle, Archer’s Goon and the Chrestomanci series, among many others, Diana was described by Neil Gaiman as “…the best writer of magic there is, for readers of any age.” But, after so much success, why isn’t she a household name? What is her place in today’s crowded YA fiction market?  And just how much of her difficult childhood is evident in her stories? Our panel of intrepid fantasy fans set out to answer these and other questions on their whistle-stop tour of her life and works.

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Links

• Buy Diana Wynne Jones’ books on Amazon
• Listen to The MuggleNet Academia Podcast: “Second Sight – Editing the Harry Potter Books with Cheryl Klein”
• Visit Natasha’s blog
• Join our new Goodreads group!

Is Peter seeing things, or are there bits of the Welsh dragon in there?