EFT Report, London: An author who 'won the hearts of a generation with her historical fantasy books has been honoured with a Google Doodle.
The search engine is today celebrating what would have been the 91st birthday of Joan Aiken, who died aged 79 in 2004.
The Doodle commemorates her best known novel the The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, which imagines and England in which Catholic James II was not deposed and replaced with William and Mary.
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| The Wolves of Willoughby Chase |
Part alternate history, part fantasy, her novels played with geography and magic to capture the hearts of adults and children alike.
The Doodles team wrote: "Every so often an extraordinarily prolific author comes along to win the hearts of a generation. Writer Joan Aiken was one of those authors. At the age of 16, she finished her first full-length novel. She was destined for great things.
"Born into a family of writers, Joan emerged with a voice all her own, publishing more than one hundred books over the course of her career. Her stunning volume of writing includes children’s books, thrillers, and literary works modeled after the fictional world created by Jane Austen. It’s hard enough to write for a single audience, but Joan was comfortable writing a range of stories that everyone could enjoy.
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