RETURN TO PENLEGGEN. Many years had passed since Meg Frazier last saw the isolated village of Penleggen and the great, half-runed mansion that overlooked the sea from the rugged Cornish coast. Meg could not name the reason why she returned now to Penleggen. Young, beautiful, talented, engaged to a handsome and successfull stockbroker, she should have been content to remain in London. But irrestibly Meg was drawn back to Penleggen...back into a forgotten past...And waiting for her was a man who exercised a strange and fearful power over her...and a secret that led her ever closer to danger...
Joan Aiken (1924-2004) was the daughter of Pulitzer prize winning poet Conrad Aiken and started writing herself from the age of five. During her lifetime she published over one hundred books for children and adults, including the acclaimed Wolves of Willoughby Chase series. In the UK she received an MBE from the Queen for her services to Children's Literature.
This year sees the publication of a brand NEW story collection - The Monkey's Wedding - with previously unpublished material that shows Aiken on top form. This collection of funny, spooky, unexpected but classic Aiken stories has received wonderful reviews and will delight her readers. See below for details.
Her work continues to be adapted for film and television; she is established as a consummate storyteller,and recognized as one of the best loved authors of the twentieth century.
"The Wonderful World of Joan Aiken" is at www.joanaiken.com
