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...
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,...
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...
Jones, Diana Wynne Year of the Griffin 2000. 267pp. $15.95 hc. Greenwillow Books. 0-688-17898-7. Grades 5-9 In this sequel to Jones' s The Dark Lord of Derkholm (1998), eight years have passed and a committee is now in charge at Wizards' University. The...
Free agent Adrian Griffin signed a two-year deal worth approximately $1.2 million with Dallas yesterday. The move from Boston was expected after the Celtics used their two lottery picks to draft swingmen Joe Johnson and Kedrick Brown, covering the positions played by Griffin. From...
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...
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...
