The Lives of Christopher Chant (25 page)

Diana Wynne Jones
has been writing outstanding fantasy novels for more than twenty-five years and is one of the most distinguished writers in this field. With unlimited imagination, she combines dazzling plots, an effervescent sense of humor, and emotional truths in stories that delight readers of all ages. Her books, published in international acclaim, have earned a wide array of honors, including two Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Awards and the British Fantasy Society’s Karl Edward Wagner Award for having made a significant impact on fantasy.

Ms. Jones says, “Each time I write a book, I try to say something new, with the results that each book turns out differently from the ones before—which surprises, puzzles, and pleases me in about equal proportions.” Her work spans from the epic novels of “The Dalemark Quartet” to the hilarious Chrestomanci books, which include
Witch Week
and
Charmed Life
, to the inventive
Dark Lord of Derkholm
and its sequel,
Year of the Griffin
, to individual gems like
Dogsbody
. Diana Wynne Jones lives in Bristol, England.

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• Believing Is Seeing: Seven Stories
  
• Castle in the Air
  
• The Chronicles of Chrestomanci
  

• Charmed Life*
  
• The Lives of Christopher Chant*
  
• The Magicians of Caprona*
  
• Witch Week*
  
• Mixed Magics*
  

• The Dalemark Quartet
  
• Book 1: Cart and Cwidder
  
• Book 2: Drowned Ammet
  
• Book 3: The Spellcoats
  
• Book 4: The Crown of Dalemark
  

• Dark Lord of Derkholm
  
• Hexwood
  
• Howl’s Moving Castle
  
• Stopping for a Spell
  
• The Time of the Ghost
  
• Year of the Griffin
  

*Available as a HarperCollins e-book

Cover art © 2001 by Dan Craig.

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE LIVES OF CHRISTOPHER CHANT
. Copyright © 1988 by Diana Wynne Jones. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Adobe Digital Edition November 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-175681-8

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