Ghostly Beasts

Ghostly Beasts

by Joan Aiken (Author)

Synopsis

This collection of short animal tales by Joan Aiken has an ambience of ghostly backgrounds to give a richness of content to the elusive magic. The book includes a selection of her poems not previously published in Britain.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published: 03 Oct 2002

ISBN 10: 0224064630
ISBN 13: 9780224064637
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Author Bio
Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924 and comes from a family of writers. Her father was the novelist and poet, Conrad Aiken and her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, writes historical fiction for adults. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. She also did a short stint as a copywriter for J Walter-Thompson. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave was published in 1960. Joan has two grown-up children and lives in Sussex.