Diana Wynne Jones is an author of books aimed at the middle
age child (4th grade through early high school). She has always been one of my
favorites. I re-read her books even now
as an adult and enjoy them just as much as I did when I first read them. Her books are a nice mixture of whimsy,
magic, and ordinary life. If you saw
that animated Miyazaki movie Howl’s Moving Castle a few years ago then you know
Jones, the movie was based on her book.