Joan Aiken biography

Synopsis

British writer and daughter of Conrad Aiken, Joan Aiken worked as a librarian for the UN Information Committee and as features editor for Argosy magazine. Her many books for children include All You've Ever Wanted, The Kingdom and the Cave, Tales of Arabel's Raven, Voices Hippo, and Dangerous Games. Among her adult novels are The Silence of Herondale and Mansfield Revisited.

Profile

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).