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Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones

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Author Biography

Name: Diana Wynne Jones
Birth Date: August 16, 1934
Place of Birth: London, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Female

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Biography of Diana Wynne Jones
3710 words, approx. 12.4 pages
Contemporary children's fantasy has its own conventions and standards, often unacknowledged but recognized by those who write or publish fantasy. Diana Wynne Jones has built her reputation on challenging those conventions, standing them on their heads, a...
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Biography of Diana Wynne Jones
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Diana Wynne Jones "is a prolific novelist of enormous range who can raise hairs on the back of the neck one minute, belly laughs the next," asserts Elaine Moss in the Times Literary Supplement. Jones not only creates mythical worlds peopled with wizards,...


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Year of the Griffin is a 2000 novel by British children's author Diana Wynne Jones. It is the sequel to The Dark Lord of Derkholm and is more centered around Wizard Derk's daughter, the griffin Elda, and her time at the University of...


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Ex-US attorney to 'move on' after probe
6/15/2007: 455 words, approx. 2 pages
At times wiping away tears, a former interim U.S. attorney who became a key figure in the firing of eight federal prosecutors said his six-month tenure led him to believe that public service was "not worth it."Tim Griffin, a former aide to presidential adviser Karl...
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Entertainer, businessman Griffin dies
8/12/2007: 1,372 words, approx. 5 pages
Merv Griffin, the big band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday. He was 82.Griffin died of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his family that was released by Marcia Newberger, spokeswoman...
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NASA releases info on pilot survey
12/31/2007: 735 words, approx. 3 pages
NASA begrudgingly released some results Monday from an $11.3 million federal air safety study it previously withheld from the public over concerns it would upset travelers and hurt airline profits.It published the findings in a format that made it cumbersome for any thorough analysis by...
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NASA gives glimpse of air safety survey
1/1/2008: 867 words, approx. 3 pages
NASA grudgingly released some results Monday from an $11.3 million federal air safety study it previously withheld from the public over concerns it would upset travelers and hurt airline profits. The data reflects hundreds of cases where pilots flew too close to other planes, plunged...
 


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