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- NAME: Joan Aiken
- OCCUPATION: Editor, Author
- BIRTH DATE: c. September 04, 1924
- DEATH DATE: c. January 04, 2004
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Sussex, England
- PLACE OF DEATH: Petworth, England
- Full Name: Joan Delano Aiken
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British writer and daughter of Conrad Aiken, Joan Aiken wrote many children's books, including All You've Ever Wanted. She also wrote adult novels.
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and Dangerous Games. Among her adult novels are The Silence of Herondale and Mansfield Revisited.
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British writer, the daughter of Conrad Aiken, born in Sussex, SE England, UK. She was educated privately, then worked as a librarian for the UN Information Committee (1943-9) and as features editor for Argosy magazine (1955-60). Her many books for children include All You've Ever Wanted (1953), The Kingdom and the Cave (1960), Tales of Arabel's Raven (1974), Voices Hippo (1988), and Dangerous Games (1999). Among her adult novels are The Silence of Herondale (1964), Castle Barebane (1976), Mansfield Revisited (1985), Cold Shoulder Road (1995), and ??Moon Cake?? and Other Stories (1998).© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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