Eva Ibbotson
Born 21 January 1925 · Died 20 October 2010
Eva Ibbotson (born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner, 1925, Vienna, Austria) was a British novelist specializing in romance and children's fantasy. Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1925. When Hitler came into power, Ibbotson's family moved to England. She attended Bedford College, graduating in 1945; Cambridge University from 1946-47; and the University of Durham, from which she graduated with a diploma in education in 1965. Ibbotson had intended to be a physiologist, but was put off by the amount of animal testing that she would have to do. Instead, she married and raised a family, returning to school to become a teacher in the 1960's. Ibbotson was widowed with three sons and a daughter.
Ibottson began writing with the television drama Linda Came Today, in 1965. Ten years later, she published her first novel, The Great Ghost Rescue. Ibbotson has written numerous books including The Secret of Platform 13, Journey to the River Sea, Which Witch?, Island of the Aunts, and Dial-a-Ghost. She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Journey to the River Sea, and has been a runner up for many of major awards for British children's literature. The books are imaginative and humorous, and most of them feature magical creatures and places, despite the fact that she disliked thinking about the supernatural, and created the characters because she wanted to decrease her readers' fear of such things.
Books by Eva Ibbotson in order
Books by Eva Ibbotson in the order they were published, from The Great Ghost Rescue (1975) to The Abominables (2012).
- 1The Great Ghost Rescue
The Great Ghost Rescue1975 - 2Which Witch?
Which Witch?1979 - 3A Countess Belowstairs
A Countess Belowstairs1981 - 4Magic Flutes
Magic Flutes1982 - 5A Company of Swans
A Company of Swans1985 - 6Madensky Square
Madensky Square1988 - 7A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories
A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories1992 - 8The Haunting of Hiram
The Haunting of Hiram1993 - 9The Morning Gift
The Morning Gift1993 - 10The Secret of Platform 13
The Secret of Platform 131994 - 11A Song for Summer
A Song for Summer1997 - 12Dial-a-ghost
Dial-a-ghost1997 - 13Monster Mission
Monster Mission1999 - 14Island of the Aunts
Island of the Aunts2000 - 153 Complete Novels
3 Complete Novels2001 - 16Journey to the River Sea
Journey to the River Sea2001 - 17Journey to the River Sea [Unabridged]
Journey to the River Sea [Unabridged]2002 - 18The Star of Kazan
The Star of Kazan2004 - 19The Beasts of Clawstone Castle
The Beasts of Clawstone Castle2005 - 20The Secret Countess
The Secret Countess2007 - 21The Dragonfly Pool
The Dragonfly Pool2008 - 22The Reluctant Heiress
The Reluctant Heiress2009 - 23One Dog and His Boy
One Dog and His Boy2012 - 24The Abominables
The Abominables2012