Additionally, Ibbotson has written six popular novels for adults, part history and part romance, many of them set in England and Europe in the early part of the twentieth century. She once commented on her attempts to bridge the gap between mainstream literature and genre fiction: "After years of writing magazine stories an d books for children, I am trying hard to break down the barrier between 'romantic novels' and 'serious novels' which are respectfully reviewed. My aim is to produce books that are light, humorous, even a little erudite but secure in their happy endings. One could call it an attempt to write, in words, a good Viennese waltz!"
A Youth in Two Cultures
It is significant that she likens her books to a Viennese waltz, as she was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1925. Ibbotson enjoyed writing stories and poems as a little girl, though by the time she entered school "I only wrote the essays and stories we were set for class--though I always enjoyed doing them," she told Gavin J.
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