Diana Wynne Jones was born on August 16, 1934, in London, England, to parents who were both educators. Twenty-two years later, in 1956, she received a Bachelor's degree from St. Anne's College, Oxford and married John A. Burrow, a university professor.
Jones began writing as a child so that she and her sisters would have interesting, exciting, and entertaining material to read; this resourceful and inventive attitude towards literature and its production is still evident in her work today. Indeed, the importance of the family and its relationships is a central concern in early works like The Ogre Downstairs and Eight Days of Luke, both of which examine from a child's perspective dysfunctional familial environments.
Very little information is available about Jones. She translates the raw material and curious perspectives garnered from her experience.....
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