Quote of the day
It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
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)