Talk:Joan Aiken

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can anybody tell me her major works out of the books listed?

I'd say the books currently listed are probably her most famous books. She wrote many more books that are not listed. "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" and "Nightbirds on Nantucket" are two of her best known novels for young readers. I haven't read them in a while, but I believe Dido Twite is a recurring character, and Dido also figures in several of her other books such as "The Cuckoo Tree". I've not read "The Whispering Mountain" or "Night Fall" but I think Dido is in both of those, too. "A Harp of Fishbones" is a collection of short stories; Aiken wrote SUPER, creepy, mysterious, bittersweet short stories and there are several published collections of her stories, "A Harp of Fishbones" is probably the most famous of them (and my personal favorite). --Woggly 21:29, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)