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Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) [1] was a British novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer. She principally wrote fantasy and speculative fiction novels for children and young adults .
The Wizard Derk has seven children with his wife the Enchantress Mara: Shona and Blade, the former being the older; Kit (black with gold eyes), the oldest griffin and a magic-user; Callette (brown with green-grey wings), who makes all 126 of the Dark Lord's "gizmos" with Mr. Chesney's world's technology; Don (gold), who is a rather forgotten ...
Navis Haddsson: The third and youngest son of Earl Hadd and the father of Ynen and Hildrida. Unlike his brothers, he isn't cruel, but he hasn't done much of anything since his wife died. Earl Hadd: The cruel and tyrannical earl of Holand, Hadd is wealthy and grows wealthier still from his high taxes. He has three sons, Harl, Harchad, and Navis ...
"A Sudden Wild Mage: A Rough Guide to Diana Wynne Jones" (1997) by David V. Barrett, in Interzone, #117 March 1997 (1997) "Diana Wynne Jones" (2006) by Leonard S. Marcus, in The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy (2006) "An Excerpt from a Conversation with Diana Wynne Jones" by Catherine Butler, in Vector 268 (2011)
The book is set in two parallel times; the present-day Dalemark, and the time of Mitt (Drowned Ammet) and Moril (Cart and Cwidder), some 200 years in the past.Mitt, who has recently escaped from the South and met Moril in North Dalemark, finds himself embroiled in a race to find an heir to the throne of Dalemark, which has lain empty for over 200 years, and gets mixed up in the machinations of ...
Orban – Adara's brother; uncle to Ayna, Ceri and Gair. He is chief of the Otmound mound. Ondo – Orban's son and cousin to Ayna, Ceri and Gair. The three kids hate him for being an obnoxious bully. His distinguishing feature are ears that stick out like a sheep's. Kasta – Orban's wife, and the spoiling mother of Ondo.
The elderly and impoverished monarch of High Norland lives in the Royal Mansion. He has a daughter, Princess Hilda, and is a good friend of Great-Uncle William. He and Princess Hilda have been struggling to organize the books in the Royal Library in order to find the king's lost gold, but have had little progress.
Travel – Travel is a major theme in many Diana Wynne Jones books. Transformation through travel is particularly notable in her Dalemark books. As in Drowned Ammet and Crown of Dalemark (books 2 and 4 of Dalemark Quartet), the Undying, powerful god-like immortal beings, are active in shaping the fate of Dalemark.