Having no choice but to leave her home, Sophie takes refuge in a moving castle that belongs to a notorious wizard named Howl, who leads her through enchanting adventures. The Folio Society has 5 stars Check out what 24173 people have written so far, and share your own experience. Neil Gaiman called her ‘the best writer of Magic there is’. Its a fantasy about a girl named Sophie who turns into a 90-year-old woman due to a curse from the Witch of the Waste. Jones’s numerous awards include the Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction, two Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards and a Life Achievement Award at the World Fantasy Convention 2007. It broke all box-office records in Japan at the time and was nominated for an Oscar. In 2004 Howl’s Moving Castle was made into an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli, Japan. Among Jones’s best-loved books are the Chrestomanci series and Howl’s Moving Castle (The Folio Society, 2019) and its two sequels. Her magical adventures have enthralled children and adults ever since. She never ceased writing, and from 1973 onwards published many titles, which have been released worldwide in 30 languages. She and her two sisters were deprived of books but, armed with a vivid imagination and an insatiable appetite for stories, Jones wrote them herself to read to her sisters. Her family moved frequently, finally settling in rural Essex. Howls Moving Castle (Howls Moving Castle, 1) Published April 14th 1986 by Greenwillow Books. Diana Wynne Jones had an unsettled childhood against the background of the Second World War.
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