30-637: [REDACTED] Look up Delano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Delano or DeLano may refer to: Places in the United States [ edit ] Delano, California Delano, Wichita, Kansas , a neighborhood in Wichita and former community before merging with Wichita Delano, Minnesota Delano, Nevada Delano, Pennsylvania Delano, Tennessee Delano Township, Pennsylvania Delano Peak ,
60-556: A National Trust property). This ghost story recounts in fictional form an alleged haunting experienced by two former residents of the house, Henry James and E. F. Benson , both of whom also wrote ghost stories. Many of Aiken's most popular books, including the Wolves Chronicles (also known as The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series or the James III series), are set in an elaborate alternative history of Britain in which James II
90-695: A mountain in Utah Delano Hotel , Miami Beach Delano Las Vegas , a hotel within the Mandalay Bay complex in Las Vegas Mount Delano , a mountain in Montana People with the surname [ edit ] Adore Delano (born 1989), American drag queen, singer-songwriter and television personality Diane Delano (born 1957), American actress Francis Roach Delano (1823–1887), American businessman and politician The Delano family ,
120-458: A mountain in Utah Delano Hotel , Miami Beach Delano Las Vegas , a hotel within the Mandalay Bay complex in Las Vegas Mount Delano , a mountain in Montana People with the surname [ edit ] Adore Delano (born 1989), American drag queen, singer-songwriter and television personality Diane Delano (born 1957), American actress Francis Roach Delano (1823–1887), American businessman and politician The Delano family ,
150-491: A prominent American political family including: Columbus Delano (1809–1896), American congressman and government official Francis R. Delano (1842–1892), American banker, prison warden and railroad superintendent Frederic Adrian Delano (1863–1953), American railroad president, first Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Gerald Curtis Delano (1890–1972), American painter Jane Delano (1862–1919), American nurse Paul Delano (1775–1842), U.S. sea captain, Commander in
180-491: A prominent American political family including: Columbus Delano (1809–1896), American congressman and government official Francis R. Delano (1842–1892), American banker, prison warden and railroad superintendent Frederic Adrian Delano (1863–1953), American railroad president, first Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Gerald Curtis Delano (1890–1972), American painter Jane Delano (1862–1919), American nurse Paul Delano (1775–1842), U.S. sea captain, Commander in
210-595: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Delano [REDACTED] Look up Delano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Delano or DeLano may refer to: Places in the United States [ edit ] Delano, California Delano, Wichita, Kansas , a neighborhood in Wichita and former community before merging with Wichita Delano, Minnesota Delano, Nevada Delano, Pennsylvania Delano, Tennessee Delano Township, Pennsylvania Delano Peak ,
240-444: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Joan Aiken Joan Delano Aiken MBE (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. For The Whispering Mountain , published by Jonathan Cape in 1968, she won
270-685: The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize , a book award judged by a panel of British children's writers, and she was a commended runner-up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association , recognising the year's best children's book by a British writer. She won an Edgar Allan Poe Award (1972) for Night Fall . Aiken was born in Mermaid Street in Rye , Sussex, on 4 September 1924. Her father
300-816: The Chilean Navy Philip Delano (1603–1682), member of Plymouth Colony, North America Sara Roosevelt nee Delano (1854–1941), mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt William Adams Delano (1874–1960), American architect of Delano & Aldrich Jack Delano (1914–1997), American photographer and composer Jamie Delano (born 1954), British comics writer Jon Delano (active 1980-present), journalist, professor at Carnegie Mellon University Lee Delano (1931–2017), American actor Michael DeLano (born 1940), American actor Warren Lyford DeLano (1972–2009), American advocate for open-source practices in sciences People with
330-667: The Chilean Navy Philip Delano (1603–1682), member of Plymouth Colony, North America Sara Roosevelt nee Delano (1854–1941), mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt William Adams Delano (1874–1960), American architect of Delano & Aldrich Jack Delano (1914–1997), American photographer and composer Jamie Delano (born 1954), British comics writer Jon Delano (active 1980-present), journalist, professor at Carnegie Mellon University Lee Delano (1931–2017), American actor Michael DeLano (born 1940), American actor Warren Lyford DeLano (1972–2009), American advocate for open-source practices in sciences People with
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#1732851872413360-638: The English writer Martin Armstrong in 1930. Conrad Aiken went on to marry twice more. Together with her brother John and her sister Jane, Joan Aiken wrote Conrad Aiken Remembered (1989), a short appreciation of their father. Aiken was taught at home by her mother until the age of twelve and from 1936 to 1940 at Wychwood School for girls in North Oxford . She did not attend university. Writing stories from an early age, she finished her first full-length novel when she
390-572: The Soviet Union: The Wolves Chronicles vary in length from less than 150 pages to more than 250 pages. Here the novels are listed in narrative order, and their central characters. This novel evidently takes place in the same fictional world as the series. Blastburn, the fictional setting of this work, features as the location of Mrs. Brisket's orphanage in The Wolves of Willoughby Chase , but does not otherwise bring elements of
420-520: The United States (1933–1945) Other uses [ edit ] The Delano grape strike in California, US DeLano Scientific LLC The Delano 7 , a fictional spacecraft in Metroid Prime Hunters and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption See also [ edit ] Delanoë Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
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480-717: The books), Dido's half-sister Is and Owen Hughes (son of Dido's Royal Navy ally Captain Hughes). In a review of Midwinter Nightingale for the School Library Journal , Susan Patron praised the characterisations and the suspenseful plot and noted that "although the titles in the 'Wolves' series may be read independently", readers may want to read the earlier books first. Aiken's series of children's books about Arabel and Mortimer were illustrated by Quentin Blake . Others were illustrated by Jan Pieńkowski and Pat Marriott. Pieńkowski won
510-960: The foremost British award for children's book illustration, the Greenaway Medal , for The Kingdom Under the Sea and Other Stories (Jonathan Cape, 1971), a collection of "unique fairy tales from Eastern Europe and Russia" retold by Aiken. She participated in the Puffin Book Club's annual Children's Literature Summer Camp, run by Colony Holidays, predecessor to ATE Superweeks, along with other popular children's authors such as Ian Serraillier and Clive King . Her novels for adults include several that continue or complement novels by Jane Austen . These include Mansfield Revisited and Jane Fairfax . Two of Joan Aiken's stories from her 1968 collection A Necklace of Raindrops were adapted into animated short films by director Tatyana Mititella at Soyuzmultfilm studio in
540-692: The given name [ edit ] Delano Burgzorg (born 1998), Nederlander football player Lano Hill (formerly Delano, born 1995), US American football player Delano Johnson (born 1988), US American football player Delano Ladan (born 2000), Nederlander football player Delano Lewis (1938–2023), American attorney, businessman and diplomat Delano Sam-Yorke (born 1989), English footballer Delano Stewart (born 1947), Jamaican singer Delano Thomas (born 1983), American indoor volleyball player Delano Williams (born 1993), British sprinter Delano E. Williamson (1822–1903), American politician, former Indiana Attorney General People with
570-692: The given name [ edit ] Delano Burgzorg (born 1998), Nederlander football player Lano Hill (formerly Delano, born 1995), US American football player Delano Johnson (born 1988), US American football player Delano Ladan (born 2000), Nederlander football player Delano Lewis (1938–2023), American attorney, businessman and diplomat Delano Sam-Yorke (born 1989), English footballer Delano Stewart (born 1947), Jamaican singer Delano Thomas (born 1983), American indoor volleyball player Delano Williams (born 1993), British sprinter Delano E. Williamson (1822–1903), American politician, former Indiana Attorney General People with
600-454: The magazine Argosy , where she worked in various editorial capacities and, she later said, learned her trade as a writer. The magazine was one of many in which she published short stories between 1955 and 1960. During this time she also published her first two collections of children's stories and began work on a children's novel, initially titled Bonnie Green , which was later published in 1962 as The Wolves of Willoughby Chase . By then she
630-668: The middle name [ edit ] Joan Aiken (Joan Delano Aiken) (1924–2004), British author Dési Delano Bouterse (born 1945), 8th President of Suriname Adrian Delano Dantley (born 1955), American basketball player J. Delano Ellis (1944–2020), American Pentecostal bishop and writer Franklin Delano Floyd (1943–2023), American murderer Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr. (1966–1998), American murderer Ki-Jana Delano Hoever (born 2002), Nederlander football player Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd president of
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#1732851872413660-554: The middle name [ edit ] Joan Aiken (Joan Delano Aiken) (1924–2004), British author Dési Delano Bouterse (born 1945), 8th President of Suriname Adrian Delano Dantley (born 1955), American basketball player J. Delano Ellis (1944–2020), American Pentecostal bishop and writer Franklin Delano Floyd (1943–2023), American murderer Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr. (1966–1998), American murderer Ki-Jana Delano Hoever (born 2002), Nederlander football player Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd president of
690-524: The pen name Nicholas Dee for several short stories. Some of her books focus on spine-chilling or supernatural events, including The Windscreen Weepers (stories, 1969), The Shadow Guests (novel, 1980), A Whisper in the Night (stories, 1982), and A Creepy Company (stories, 1993, with variant contents in its US and UK editions). She set her adult supernatural novel The Haunting of Lamb House at Lamb House in Rye (now
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780-640: Was able to write full-time from home, producing two or three books a year for the rest of her life, mainly children's books and thrillers, as well as many articles, introductions and talks on children's literature and on the work of Jane Austen . Aiken married, secondly, to the New York landscape painter and teacher Julius Goldstein (died 2001) in 1976. They divided their time between her home (the Hermitage in Petworth , Sussex) and his native New York. In September 1999, she
810-588: Was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire . Aiken died at home at the age of 79 in 2004. She was survived by her two children. Aiken produced more than 100 books, including more than a dozen collections of fantasy stories, plays and poems, and modern and historical novels for adults and children. She was a lifelong fan of ghost stories , particularly those of M. R. James , Fitz James O'Brien and Nugent Barker . As well as writing under her own name, she used
840-631: Was never deposed in the Glorious Revolution , but supporters of the House of Hanover continually agitate against the monarchy. These books also toy with the geography of London, adding a Canal District among other features. Wolves have invaded the country from Europe via the newly built Channel Tunnel. The novels share a varying cast and a variety of interlinked child protagonists—initially Bonnie Green, but subsequently her itinerant friend Simon, Simon's intrepid Cockney friend Dido Twite (the heroine of most of
870-639: Was sixteen and had her first short story for adults accepted for publication when she was seventeen. In 1941 her first children's story was broadcast on the BBC 's Children's Hour . Aiken worked for the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in London between 1943 and 1949. In September 1945 she married Ronald George Brown, a journalist who was also working at UNIC. They had two children before he died in 1955. After her husband's death, Aiken joined
900-494: Was the American Pulitzer Prize -winning poet Conrad Aiken (1889–1973). Her older brother was the writer and research chemist John Aiken (1913–1990), and her older sister was the writer Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009). Their mother, Canadian-born Jessie MacDonald (1889–1970), was a Master's graduate from Radcliffe College , Cambridge, Massachusetts . Jessie and Conrad's marriage was dissolved in 1929, and Jessie married
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