Joan Aiken's life sales are 750,000 copies. Aiken also won the Guardian and Edgar Allen Poe Award. She was presented with an MBE for her services to literature"Wait, wait! Save us! What’ll we do?" Si
A brilliant collection of spine-chilling tales by Joan Aiken, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. From a mysterious traveller who leaves an injured horse with a stranger, to a garden plant that
Dido Twite, with the help of some sacred shaman healers, must foil a sinister plot to overthrow the king of a remote South Sea island healers Sailing the high seas in pursuit of Lord Herodsfoot, rovin
Winner of the Lewis Carroll AwardJoan Aiken's life sales are 750,000 copies. Aiken also won the Guardian and Edgar Allen Poe Award. She was presented with an MBE for her services to literature1989 fil
A lonely boy haunted by an ancient family curse, The Shadow Guests is a classic supernatural mystery from the master-storyteller, Joan Aiken. After the strange disappearance of his mother and older br
The Paget Family Saga comes to a riveting conclusion in this historical romance reissue from legendary author Joan AikenLove and scandal are close on her heels... Ellen Paget moves to Paris, longing
The Paget family is irrevocably changed in this Regency period romance reissue from legendary author Joan AikenNew bride Fanny Paget experiences shame and torment in her loveless arranged marriage, fi
A Puffin Book -- stories that last a lifetime.In the small town of Pennygaff, the legendary Harp of Teirtu is found -- and lost again. For young Owen Hughes and his friend Arabis, it is the start of a
In a period of English History that never happened, when Good King James III is on the throne, and the whole country is ravaged by wolves which have migrated through the newly-opened Channel Tunnel. W
These fairytales are like no others. The Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories will introduce you to sea kings and witches, princesses and giant pink snakes. From Martian monsters dumped on Earth to fo
In the sequel to Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Eliza's daughter, Liz, grows up as a charming, well-educated, irrepressible hoyden in the town of Byblow Bottom, until she is brought back to the
After marrying Edmund Bertram, Fanny Price and her new husband set sail for the Caribbean as her younger sister moves to Mansfield Park to act as the new companion for Lady Bertram, in a colorful sequ
Felix Brooke, the orphaned son of an English soldier and an aristocratic Spanish mother, has been raised in the strict, loveless household of his grandfather in Villaverde, Spain. When Felix gains pos
A collection of five ghost stories. Ghosts appear both in the strangest and most familiar places, but their effect is often the same, inspiring shock and chills in the characters and readers alike.
Now, back in print, the engaging and suspenseful British fantasy by one of England’s most imaginative storytellers.Lucas Bell is lonely and miserable at Midnight Court, a vast, brooding house owned by
When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at the Dogkennel Cottages and meets the odd inhabitants
The Paget family's adventures begin in this Gothic Regency period romance reissue from legendary author Joan AikenWhen danger forces expatriate English gentlewoman Juliana Paget to flee her home in It
The children of London are disappearing—can Is solve the mystery before she vanishes too? Is Twite, younger sister of the daring Dido, is on a desperate mission. An uncle she never knew just showed up
Is Twite and her cousin, Arun, use their telepathic gifts to find Arun’s missing mother in this gripping adventure set in an alternate British kingdom When Is Twite and her cousin, Arun, return to Col
Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home to England. Instead, Captain Casket's ship lands in Nantucket, where Did
In addressing "the way to write for children," Joan Aiken starts at the beginning. Is writing a children's book as simple as it looks? Do you want to write for children or about them? Do you want to w
Jane Austen's Emma has been a favorite novel for Austenites since 1816. In the mid-1990s it became a favorite movie for millions of new admirers.A key reason for Emma's success is that the story has
Even the wolves that surround the great house of Willoughby Chase are not as cruel and merciless as the evil Miss Slighcarp. So when Bonnie and Sylvia Green are left in her neglectful care, they must use all their wits to survive. The first title in the now classic "Willoughby Chase" saga is set in 1832 in a period of English history that never happened.King James III is on the throne and a newly opened Channel Tunnel gives access to packs of ravaging wolves...
Now eighteen, Felix sets out across the mountains of Spain to rescue three children kidnapped by their father. Along the way, he hopes to see his true love, Juana, who has entered a convent. But his r
After visiting his family in England, Felix is on his way back to Spain when he's shipwrecked off the coast of France. He is taken in by monks to recover from his ordeal--but it soon becomes clear to?
Dido Twite’s sharp wits are put to the test in this new adventure in the Wolves Chronicles. After King Richard dies, Dido’s good pal Simon is put on the English throne, but he hates being cooped up in
