Diana Wynne Jones, 1934-2011

[starlady]

Ave atque vale. She brought light to a great many people.

Diana Wynne Jones was never my favorite author, which makes me think I've not read the right ones out of her books--of the few (five?) I have read, I liked The Spellcoats and The Crown of Dalemark best, for very different reasons. I've seen appreciations for Dogsbody and Fire and Hemlock today; what's your favorite DWJ novel? 

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[nijibug]

I was introduced to her works in middle school via the Chrestomanci series, which I think is her most popular? but I didn't like them especially much. I moved on to her more stand-alone novels and fell in love with the the witty humor and heartwarming characterization of Howl's Moving Castle. I really loved the characters and went on to read the sequel as well as the threequel when it came out more recently (by then I was graduating high school).

I also came to appreciate her on a whole different level when she let Miyazaki create his interpretation of her novel.