The Serial Garden
The Complete Armitage Family Stories
$24.89
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2015
Summary
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE
‘She’s one of the most important and interesting children’s fiction writers of the last fifty years’ NEIL GAIMAN
‘What a thrill to discover this gem from the witty and endlessly inventive Joan Aiken’ CHRIS RIDDELL
‘She is one of the writers I admire most in the world’ KATHERINE RUNDELL
‘She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for years to come’ PHILIP PULLMAN
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349005850 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349005850 |
| Author: | Joan Aiken, MBE, Peter Bailey, Joan Aiken |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2015 |
| Weight: | 307g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 167mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew - The Times
Joan Aiken’s invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon. She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for many years to come.A writer of wild humour and unrestrained imagination - Oxford Companion to Children’s LiteratureShe was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew - The TimesAbout The Author
Joan Aiken, MBE
Joan Aiken (1924-2004) was born in Rye, Sussex. She was the daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken, and her step-father was English writer Martin Armstrong.
Joan Aiken wrote over one hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognised as one of the classic children’s authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are The Wolves of Willoughby Chase chronicles and the Arabel’s Raven series, but she is also famous for her brilliant short stories. Joan Aiken received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction. She was decorated with an MBE for her services to children’s books.
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