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戴安娜出生于倫敦,在她8歲的時候,盡管她的閱讀障礙太嚴重,但她還是認為自己能成為一個作家,并且從她12歲開始寫起小說。在她的家中,幾乎沒有供孩子閱讀的書,所以戴安娜就親自給自己和自己的兩個妹妹寫書。她在開始全職寫作前,在牛津郡的圣安妮學院獲得了文學學士(Bachelor of Arts degree)的證書。
她的小說獲得過許多獎項。Howl’s Moving Castle被宮崎駿改編,成為有名的同名動漫電影<哈爾的移動城堡>
她現(xiàn)在和她的中世紀研究學家丈夫居住在英格蘭布里斯托的J.A Burrow,他們有三個已經成年的兒子和5個孫子孫女。
作品
The Dalemark Quartet
Cart and CwidderDrowned Ammet
The Spellcoats
The Crown of Dalemark
The Chrestomanci Books
Charmed Life
The Magicians of Caprona
Witch Week
The Lives of Christopher Chant
Conrad’s Fate
The Pinhoe Egg
Other Books
Changeover
Wilkin’s tooth(USA:Witch’s Business
Eight Days of Luke
Dogsbody
Power of ThreeWho Got Rid of Angus Flint?
The Four Grannies
The TIme of the Ghost
The Homeward Bounders
Archer’s Goon
Fire and Hemlock
Warlock at the Wheel(short stories)
The Skiver’s Guide
The Thirteenth Enchanter
Howl’s Moving Castle
A Tale of Time City
Chair Person
Wild Robert
Hidden Turnings(editor)Castle in the Air
Black Maria(USA:Aunt Maria)
A sudden Wild Magic
Yes,Dear(Picture book)
Hexwood
Fantasy stories(editor)
Everard’s Ride(short stories)
Deep Secret
Believing Is Seeing(short stories)
Dark Lord of Dekholm
Puss in Boots(retelling)
Mixed Magics(short stories)
The Year of the Griffin
The Merlin Conspiracy
Unexpected Magic (short stories)
The Game(novella)
The tough Guide To Fantasyland
特點
戴安娜的寫作特點就是幽默。受她那位中世紀研究學者丈夫的影響,問題也有些哥特風,與J.K Rowling的寫作特點相似。文中人物的名字必然有深意。特別是the game中,幾乎每個人物的名字都象征著一個神。她的作品范疇應屬于魔幻小說。和Eva Ibbotson一樣,她們的作品都老少皆宜,而且都有濃郁的英倫色彩。
About her novels
戴安娜的書沒有好的中文譯本,建議閱讀英文原版。因為翻譯實在太粗糙。并且英文原版的英國文學氣息更加濃厚。
最好的作品當屬 Archer’s Goon,Howl’s Moving Castle,Fire and Hemlock, the Dalemark Quartet,the Tough Guide to Fantasyland,Dark Lord of Derkholm,Year of the Griffin ,The Merlin Conspiracy.
最新的作品:the game,the pinhoe egg
對戴安娜作品的評價
"Diana Wynne Jones is,quite simply,the best writer of magic there is,for readers of any age."--Neil Gaiman "I love DIana Wynne Jones." --Robin McKinley
" Diana Wynne Jones chooses the most oulandish subjects and treat them with such aplomb that the reader never blinks .She always gives you characters you believe in from top to bottom and a world whose details you recognize inside and out."--Megan Whalen Turner