In the mid-70s, with her children away at school, Diana was able to devote all her daytime energy to her books. She wrote like crazy, and started getting published. She has not stopped writing since, and is having a wonderful time. "Each book is an experiment, an attempt to write the ideal book, the book my children would like, the book I didn't have as a child myself. I have still not, after twenty-odd books, written that book. But I keep trying."
Editor's note: Diana Wynne Jones died on March 26, 2011, after a prolonged battle with cancer.
Books:
Believing Is Seeing
Cart and Cwidder
Castle in the Air
Charmed Life
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci
The Crown of Dalemark
Dark Lord of Derkholm
Deep Secret
Drowned Ammet
Fantasy Stories
Hexwood
Howl's Moving Castle
The Lives of Christopher Chant
The Magicians of Caprona
Minor Arcana
The Spellcoats
Stopping for a Spell
A Sudden Wild Magic
The Time of the Ghost
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
Wild Robert
Wilkin's Tooth
Witch Week
Year of the Griffin
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