Career Eva Ibbotson

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eva ibbotson began writing television drama linda came today, british television playhouse series broadcast in december 1962. first english-language book great ghost rescue, juvenile fantasy novel published in 1975 macmillan in uk , walck in us, illustrations simon stern , giulio maestro respectively.


children s books

ibbotson wrote more dozen books children, including witch?, secret of platform 13, dial-a-ghost, monster mission, journey river sea, star of kazan, beasts of clawstone castle, , dragonfly pool. won nestlé smarties book prize journey river sea, , has been runner major awards in british children s literature several times. worldcat libraries report holding witch? , journey river sea in more 5 , ten languages, respectively.


the books imaginative , humorous, , of them feature magical creatures , places. ibbotson has said disliked thinking supernatural, , created characters because wanted decrease readers fear of such things. of books, particularly journey river sea, reflect ibbotson s love of nature. wrote journey in honour of husband, former naturalist had died; book had been in head years. ibbotson had said disliked financial greed , lust power , , created antagonists in books have these characteristics.


her love of austria evident in works such star of kazan, song summer , magic flutes/the reluctant heiress. these books, set in austrian countryside, display author s love of nature.


adult books

ibbotson noted several works of fiction adults. several have been reissued young-adult market, under different titles. ibbotson surprised repackaging, believed books adults, have been popular teenage audiences. 3 secret countess (originally published countess below stairs), company of swans, , magic flutes (in editions published reluctant heiress)


ibbotson s writing adults , teens took new direction in 1992, when began move away romantic novels. 2 of acclaimed books set in europe @ time of world war ii , reflect experience of time. first of setting, morning gift (1993), became best-seller. last novel adults song summer (1997), set during world war ii.








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