Diana Wynne Jones: Quick Facts

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Born	August 16, 1934 • London • England
Died	March 26, 2011 (aged 76) • Bristol • England
Notable Works	“Howl’s Moving Castle”

D.J. Enright

British poet

C.S. Lewis

Irish-born author and scholar

J.R.R. Tolkien

English author

Philip Pullman

British writer

Mervyn Peake

English novelist

Lewis Carroll

British author

Rudyard Kipling

British writer

P.L. Travers

British author

Terry Pratchett

English author

Charles Kingsley

British clergyman and writer

Rose Tremain

British author

Portrait of Alan Alexander Milne, circa 1920, wearing a light suit and bow tie, looking slightly to the side against a dark background.

A.A. Milne

British author

Geoffrey Household

British author

Anna Sewell

English author

John Bunyan

English author

Robert Louis Stevenson

British author

Roald Dahl

British author

Salman Rushdie

British-American writer

J.K. Rowling

British author

Anthony Horowitz

British author

Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)

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