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BIOGRAPHY Jones was raised in the village of Thaxted in Essex , and studied at St Anne's College, Oxford , where she went in 1953, and where she attended lectures by both C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien . The Harry Potter books are frequently compared to the works of Diana Wynne Jones. Many of her earlier children's books were out of print in recent years, and they are now being re-issued for the young audience whose interest in fantasy and reading was spurred by Harry Potter. Jones' works are also compared to those of Robin McKinley and Neil Gaiman . She is friends with Gaiman, and they are both fans of each others' work; she dedicated her novel ''Hexwood'' to him after something he said in a conversation inspired a key part of the plot. '' Charmed Life '', the first book in the Chrestomanci series, won the 1977 Guardian Award for Children’s Books. Jones was runner-up for the Children’s Book Award in 1981, and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. In 1999, she won two major fantasy awards: the children’s section of the Mythopeic Award in the USA, and the Karl Edward Wagner Award in the UK, which is awarded by the British Fantasy Society to individuals or organisations who have made a significant impact on fantasy. Her book '' Howl's Moving Castle '' was turned into a Japanese animated movie in 2004 , by filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki . A version dubbed into English was released in the USA in 2005 , with the voice of Howl performed by Christian Bale . Her non-fiction work on writing fantastic fiction, ''The Tough Guide to Fantasyland'', has a cult following as a reference among writers and critics, despite being difficult to find due to an erratic printing history. It was recently reissued in the UK, and will be reissued in the USA in 2006 by Firebird Books . Jones married John Burrow , now Professor Emeritus in the English department of the University Of Bristol , in 1956; they have three sons. They now live in Clifton, Bristol . BIBLIOGRAPHY Fiction '' Chrestomanci '' series
''Derkholm'' series # '' ] See also Jones' remarks on winning the award. # '' Year Of The Griffin '' ''Dalemark Quartet'' # '' Cart And Cwidder '' (1975) # '' Drowned Ammet '' (1977) # '' The Spellcoats '' (1979) # '' Crown Of Dalemark '' (1993) ''Castle'' series # '' # ''Castle in the Air'' 1992: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award , nominated Magids series
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