Joan Aiken
The daughter of the famous American Poet, Conrad Aiken, she was born in England in 1924. Not just writing children's books, she has also produced a large number of horror stories aimed at the adult market.
Her most sort after book is her first, "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" which was illustrated by Pat Marriot and published by Cape in 1962. It was later used as the basis of a successful Children's Film Script. The movie was released in 1989.
Here are some of the Children's books She has Written
All You've Ever Wanted, Cape, 1953.
More Than You Bargained For, Cape, 1955 - US: 1957,
Abelard.
The Kingdom and the Cave, Abelard, 1960 - US: 1974 Doubleday
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Cape, 1962 - US: 1973 Doubleday.
Black Hearts in Battersea, Cape, 1965.
Nightbirds on Nantucket, Cape, 1966. - US: 1966 Doubleday
The Whispering Mountain, Cape, 1968 - US: 1969 Doubleday
A Necklace of Raindrops, Cape, 1968 - US: 1968 Doubleday
A Small Pinch of Weather, Cape, 1969.
The Cuckoo Tree, Cape, 1971 - US: 1971 Doubleday
All and More, Cape, 1971.
The Kingdom Under the Sea, Cape, 1971.
A Harp of Fishbones, Cape, 1972.
Arabel's Raven, BBC, 1972 - US: 1974 Doubleday.
The Escaped Black Mamba, BBC, 1973.
All But A Few, Puffin, 1974.
Not What You Expected, Doubleday, 1974.
The Bread Sin, BBC, 1974.
Softcover Mortimer's Tie, BBC, 1976
A Bundle of Nerves, Gollancz, 1976.
Go Saddle the Sea, Doubleday, 1977 - UK: 1978, Cape.
The Faithless Lollybird, Cape, 1977 - US: 1978 Doubleday.
Tales of A One-Way Street, Cape,1978 - US: 1979 Doubleday.
Mice and Mendelson, Cape, 1978.
Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur, BBC, 1979
The Spiral Stair, BBC, 1979
A Touch of Chill, Gollancz, 1979 - US: 1980, Delacorte.
Mortimer's Portrait on Glass, BBC, 1980.
Mr Jones's Disappearing Taxi, BBC, 1980.
The Shadow Guests, Cape, 1980 - US: 1980, Delacorte.
Arabel and Mortimer, Cape, 1980 - US: 1981, Delacorte.
The Stolen Lake, Cape, 1981 - US: 1981 , Delacorte.
A Whisper in the Night, Gollancz, 1982 - US: 1984, Delacorte.
Bridle the Wind, Cape, 1983 - US: 1983, Delacorte.
Mortimer's Cross, BBC, 1983 - US: 1983, Harper.
The Kitchen Warriors, BBC, 1983.
Up The Chimney Down, Cape, 1984 - US: 1984, Harper.
Mortimer Says Nothing, Cape, 1985 - US: 1985, Harper.
The Last Slice of Rainbow, Cape, 1985 - US: 1988, Harper.
Past Eight O'clock, Cape, 1986 - US: 1987, Kestrel.
Dido and Pa, Cape, 1986 - US: 1987, Delacorte.
The Moon's Revenge, Cape, 1987 - US: 1988, Knopf.
The Teeth of the Gale, Cape, 1988 - US: 1988, Harper.
A Foot in the Grave, Cape, 1989 - US: 1991, Viking.
A Fit of Shivers, Gollancz, 1990 - US: 1992, Delacorte.
Creepy Company, Gollancz, 1993.
The Winter Sleepwalker, Cape, 1994.
Cold Shoulder Road, Cape, 1995 - US: 1995, Delacorte.
A Handful of Gold, Cape, 1995.
Moon Cake, Hodder, 1998.
The Scream, Macmillan, 2002.
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