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Eva Ibbotson


(Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner)
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Mother of Toby Ibbotson

Eva Ibbotson (born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner) was a British novelist specializing in romance and children's fantasy.

Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1925. When Hitler came into power, Ibbotson's family moved to England. She attended Bedford College, graduating in 1945; Cambridge University from 1946-47; and the University of Durham, from which she graduated with a diploma in education in 1965. Ibbotson had intended to be a physiologist, but was put off by the amount of animal testing that she would have to do. Instead, she married and raised a family, returning to school to become a teacher in the 1960s. Ibbotson was widowed with three sons and a daughter.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Novels
   The Great Ghost Rescue (1975)
   Which Witch? (1979)
   The Secret Countess (1981)
     aka A Countess Below Stairs
   Magic Flutes (1982)
     aka The Reluctant Heiress
   The Worm and the Toffee-nosed Princess (1983)
   A Company of Swans (1985)
   The Haunting of Hiram (1987)
     aka The Haunting of Granite Falls / The Haunting of Hiram C. Hopgood
   Madensky Square (1988)
   Not Just a Witch (1989)
   The Morning Gift (1993)
   The Secret of Platform 13 (1994)
   Dial a Ghost (1996)
   A Song for Summer (1997)
   Monster Mission (1999)
     aka Island of the Aunts
   Journey to the River Sea (2001)
   The Star of Kazan (2004)
   The Beasts of Clawstone Castle (2005)
   The Dragonfly Pool (2008)
   The Ogre of Oglefort (2010)
   One Dog and His Boy (2011)
   The Abominables (2012)
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Eva Ibbotson recommends
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Maskmaker (2010)
Jane Johnson
"Extremely well-written, highly inventive, with really funny jokes."
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The Thief Lord (2000)
Cornelia Funke
"The plot amazed me: the twists and turns never truly stop... it's very good."

Anthologies containing stories by Eva Ibbotson
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Spellbound (2007)
Fantasy Stories
edited by
Diana Wynne Jones

Awards
Romantic Novel of the Year Award Best Novel winner (1983) : Magic Flutes


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