Quote of the day
Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.
Joan Aiken
Born: September 4, 1924
Died: January 4, 2004 (aged 79)
Bio: Joan Delano Aiken was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an for her services to children's literature.
Known for:
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1962)
- Black Hearts in Battersea (1964)
- The Whispering Mountain (1968)
- Nightbirds on Nantucket (1966)
- The Stolen Lake (1981)