Diana Wynne Jones
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| Name: | Diana Wynne Jones | |
| Abbreviation(s): | DWJ | |
| Creator: | Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) | |
| Date(s): | 1970- | |
| Medium: | book | |
| Country of Origin: | United Kingdom | |
| External Links: | DWJ Wiki
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Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 to 26 March 2011) was an English author of fantasy and science fiction novels, primarily for children and young adults. Her first book, Changeover, was published in 1970. One of her books, Howl's Moving Castle (1986), was turned into an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki. She is most popular in the UK, although the film adaptation caused a surge in the popularity of her books in other countries.
Diana Wynne Jones Fandom
Diana Wynne Jones fandom was not a heavy creator of fan fiction, vids, or fanart, producing mainly meta and discussion. Conversation takes place in the livejournal community dianawynnejones and on the Diana Wynne Jones mailing list. Two major fansites are devoted to her work: Meredith's Official Diana Wynne Jones page and Chrestomanci Castle. The fandom also maintains a wiki.
Fan fiction
The majority of DWJ fan fiction is found in the Yuletide archives. There is a fan fiction mailing list on Yahoo! Groups as well as a livejournal community, dwj_fanfic.
A small amount of fanfiction has been written for most of her novels, but several have a moderate following, including:
- Chronicles of Chrestomanci
- Dalemark Quartet
- Derkholm series
- Eight Days of Luke
- Fire and Hemlock
- Hexwood
- Howl's Moving Castle series
- Magids series
Archives
- Diana Wynne Jones archiveofourown stories
- 2008 Diana Wynne Jones Yuletide stories (collected by Bookelfe)
- Diana Wynne Jones stories & Dalemark Quartet at fanfiction.net
- Diana Wynne Jones at Skyehawke
Academic interest
Diana Wynne Jones fandom is heavily populated by aca-fans. In July 2009, Farah Mendlesohn and Charles Butler organized the first Diana Wynne Jones conference.
External links
- Obituary in The Guardian (written by Christopher Priest)
