Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones!
A place where readers and fans can share their favorite DWJ books, quotes, stories, characters, covers, memories, interviews -- you name it! With contributions from her publishers all over the world.
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Cressida Cowell on books to make children laugh out loud, cry on the pages and want to be a hero.
Three guesses who one of her favorite authors might be, and the first two do not count.
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The many and varied covers of The Ogre Downstairs (1974), Diana’s second published children’s novel.
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A blog post about DWJ’s fictional families, with a nice nod in the direction of The Tough Guide to Fantasyland.
“Her books have a sense of perseverance, and a sense that the most unpleasant relative might turn out to be someone you need.”
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Leila Roy finds the common thread in The Ogre Downstairs, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Dark Lord of Derkholm.
“All of them highlight DWJ’s ability to give anything—and I do mean *anything*, whether it be a toffee bar, an intelligent goose, or a broom—life and personality. Each of the three is very, very funny at times, but never, ever slight; each also has moments of real darkness and danger. More simply put, each one, in its own way, is a joy.”
