Joan Marian North (15 February 1920 – 1999) was a UK writer of
children's books
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. Although set in the contemporary real world, North's stories deal with incursions into our world of mysterious powers or influences, which often lead to her young protagonists learning a greater sense of their true selves. As Searles, Meacham and Franklin say in ''A Reader's Guide to Fantasy'', "The mental and spiritual attitudes of her protagonists influence greatly their success or failure."
Biography
Born in
Hendon
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, London, Joan North was the daughter of metallurgist Frank Wevil North and Gladys May Paybody. She was educated in England, Wales, and China, and went to
Kings College, London. She served in the
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
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during World War II, and worked as a nurse, and a social worker, also working for the
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's publications department. She married
*''Emperor of the Moon'' (1956)
*''The Cloud Forest'' (1965, 1966 in the US)
*''The Whirling Shapes'' (1967)
*''The Light Maze'' (1971)
''The Light Maze'' was shortlisted for the
.