Joan Aiken
English writer
Joan Delano Aiken MBE was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. Wikipedia
Born: September 4, 1924, Rye, United Kingdom
Died: January 4, 2004 (age 79 years), Petworth, United Kingdom
Parents: Conrad Aiken and Jessie McDonald
Siblings: Jane Aiken Hodge and John Aiken
Spouse: Julius Goldstein (m. 1976–2001) and Ronald George Brown (m. 1945–1955)