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About the Author
Diana Wynne Jones has been writing outstanding fantasy novels for more than twenty-five years and is one of the most distinguished writers in this field. With unlimited imagination, she combines dazzling plots, an effervescent sense of humor, and emotional truths in stories that delight readers of all ages. Her books, published in international acclaim, have earned a wide array of honors, including two Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Awards and the British Fantasy Society’s Karl Edward Wagner Award for having made a significant impact on fantasy.
Ms. Jones says, “Each time I write a book, I try to say something new, with the results that each book turns out differently from the ones before—which surprises, puzzles, and pleases me in about equal proportions.” Her work spans from the epic novels of “The Dalemark Quartet” to the hilarious Chrestomanci books, which include Witch Week and Charmed Life, to the inventive Dark Lord of Derkholm and its sequel, Year of the Griffin, to individual gems like Dogsbody. Diana Wynne Jones lives in Bristol, England.
Books by Diana Wynne Jones
Believing Is Seeing: Seven Stories
Castle in the Air
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci Charmed Life*
The Lives of Christopher Chant*
The Magicians of Caprona*
Witch Week*
Mixed Magics*
The Dalemark Quartet Book 1: Cart and Cwidder
Book 2: Drowned Ammet
Book 3: The Spellcoats
Book 4: The Crown of Dalemark
Dark Lord of Derkholm
Hexwood
Howl’s Moving Castle
Stopping for a Spell
The Time of the Ghost
Year of the Griffin
*Available as a PerfectBound e-book
Credits
Cover art © 2001 by Dan Craig.
About the Publisher
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.
MIXED MAGICS collection. Copyright © 2000 by Diana Wynne Jones. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
“Warlock at the Wheel” was first published in WARLOCK AT THE WHEEL AND OTHER STORIES by Diana Wynne Jones, Macmillan Children’s Books. © 1984 Diana Wynne Jones.
“Stealer of Souls” was first published in MIXED MAGICS by Diana Wynne Jones, Collins. © 2000 Diana Wynne Jones.
“Carol Oneir’s Hundredth Dream” was first published in DRAGONS & DREAMS, edited by Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row. © 1986 by Diana Wynne Jones.
“The Sage of Theare” was first published in HECATE’S CAULDRON, edited by Susan M. Schwartz, DAW Books. © 1982 Diana Wynne Jones.
HarperCollins e-books thanks Stella Paskins and Zoe Clarke for their work on this e-book’s special features.
Diana Wynne Jones has asserted her right to be identified as author of this work.
First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
First published in the United States in 2001 by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
ePub edition. February 2002 ISBN 9780061756894
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