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* {{Bulungi}}: ''Changeover'' is set in the fictional African nation of Nmkwami during the transitional period from European colony to self-rule.
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* InventedIndividual: ''Changeover'' is set in an African colony that's about to be granted self-government. The outgoing governor misunderstands a remark by one of his aides about plans to mark the changeover, and soon rumors are spreading far and wide about Mark Changeover, a mysterious figure who is probably some kind of terrorist. In the end, to save face for the governor, the country's incoming president agrees to be Mark Changeover, and seizes control of the nation in a bloodless coup the day before it was due to be handed over to him anyway.
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There is [[TheWikiRule of course]] a [[http://www.suberic.net/cgi-bin/dwj/wiki.cgi Diana Wynne Jones wiki]].
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* DemotedToExtra: Most of her sequels push the cast of the last book in the series into the background to focus on a new cast and anyone who wasn't a major protagonist tends to get only a brief mention or cameo at best. Howl's apprentice Micheal Fisher who was a notable supporting character in ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'' gets only a brief mention in ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'' and zero mention in ''Literature/HouseOfManyWays''.
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* TheReveal: Many of her stories feature surprising revelations about one or more characters, the most frequent ones being that they're related to another character, have special powers, and/or are secretly a villain. Sometimes the characters themselves were unaware of these things, leading to an IAmWho moment. ''Literature/ArchersGoon'', ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'', and ''Literature/TheMerlinConspiracy'' abound with multiple reveals, while ''Charmed Life'', ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'', ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity'' and ''The Lives of Christopher Chant'' have one or two major reveals each.
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* TheReveal: Many of her stories feature surprising revelations about one or more characters, the most frequent ones being that they're related to another character, are actually someone else, have special powers, and/or are secretly a villain. Sometimes the characters themselves were unaware of these things, leading to an IAmWho moment. ''Literature/ArchersGoon'', ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'', and ''Literature/TheMerlinConspiracy'' abound with multiple reveals, while ''Charmed Life'', ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'', ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity'' and ''The Lives of Christopher Chant'' have one or two major reveals each.
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* "The Game" (novella)
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* "The Game" "Literature/TheGame2007" (novella)
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!!Adaptations based on her works:
* ''Anime/EarwigAndTheWitch''
* ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''
* ''Anime/EarwigAndTheWitch''
* ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''
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Link to autobiographical essay recounting her own experience of useless adults.
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* AdultsAreUseless: There were a lot of examples of this, based on both [https://suberic.net/dwj/bio.html her own experience] and a subversion of the common trope of parents who seem to be seeking AchievementsInIgnorance. Most prominently featured in Literature/FireAndHemlock with Polly's mother Ivy.
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* AdultsAreUseless: There were a lot of examples of this, based on both [https://suberic.[[https://suberic.net/dwj/bio.html her own experience] experience]] and a subversion of the common trope of parents who seem to be seeking AchievementsInIgnorance. Most prominently featured in Literature/FireAndHemlock with Polly's mother Ivy.
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* AdultsAreUseless: There were a lot of examples of this, based on both her own experience and a subversion of the common trope of parents who seem to be seeking AchievementsInIgnorance. Most prominently featured in Literature/FireAndHemlock with Polly's mother Ivy.
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* AdultsAreUseless: There were a lot of examples of this, based on both [https://suberic.net/dwj/bio.html her own experience experience] and a subversion of the common trope of parents who seem to be seeking AchievementsInIgnorance. Most prominently featured in Literature/FireAndHemlock with Polly's mother Ivy.
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* ''Unexpected Magic''
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* ''Unexpected Magic''''Literature/UnexpectedMagic''
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* ''Believing Is Seeing''
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* ''Believing Is Seeing''''Literature/BelievingIsSeeing''
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* BadassNormal: A lot of her stories revolve around someone normal struggling in a world of magic (or at least, [[spoiler:so it seems]].
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* BadassNormal: A lot of her stories revolve around someone normal struggling in a world of magic (or at least, [[spoiler:so it seems]].seems]]).
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* ActionGirl: Pretty much all her UrbanFantasy protagonists are this
* AdultsAreUseless: There were a lot of examples of this, based on both her own experience and a subversion of the common trope of parents who seem to be seeking AchievementsInIgnorance. Most prominently featured in Literature/FireAndHemlock with Polly's mother Ivy
* AdultsAreUseless: There were a lot of examples of this, based on both her own experience and a subversion of the common trope of parents who seem to be seeking AchievementsInIgnorance. Most prominently featured in Literature/FireAndHemlock with Polly's mother Ivy
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* ActionGirl: Pretty much all her UrbanFantasy protagonists are this
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* AdultsAreUseless: There were a lot of examples of this, based on both her own experience and a subversion of the common trope of parents who seem to be seeking AchievementsInIgnorance. Most prominently featured in Literature/FireAndHemlock with Polly's mother
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* MindScrew: A pretty common complaint/praise
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* MindScrew: A pretty common complaint/praisecomplaint/praise.
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** Myth/NorseMythology: ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'' is based all around the days of the week and the Norse god they correspond to
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** Myth/NorseMythology: ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'' is based all around the days of the week and the Norse god they correspond toto.
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* UrbanFantasy: Pretty much all of her fiction has some degree of this
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* UrbanFantasy: Pretty much all of her fiction has some degree of thisthis.
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** ''Deep Secret''
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* TheReveal: Many of her stories feature surprising revelations about one or more characters, the most frequent ones being that they're related to another character, have special powers, and/or are secretly a villain. Sometimes the characters themselves were unaware of these things, leading to an IAmWho moment. ''Literature/ArchersGoon'', ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'', and ''[[Literature/TheMagids The Merlin Conspiracy]]'' abound with multiple reveals, while ''Charmed Life'', ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'', ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity'' and ''The Lives of Christopher Chant'' have one or two major reveals each.
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* TheReveal: Many of her stories feature surprising revelations about one or more characters, the most frequent ones being that they're related to another character, have special powers, and/or are secretly a villain. Sometimes the characters themselves were unaware of these things, leading to an IAmWho moment. ''Literature/ArchersGoon'', ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'', and ''[[Literature/TheMagids The Merlin Conspiracy]]'' ''Literature/TheMerlinConspiracy'' abound with multiple reveals, while ''Charmed Life'', ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'', ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity'' and ''The Lives of Christopher Chant'' have one or two major reveals each.
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->''"I start out with people very often. Also some very, very clear scenes from the middle of the book. And usually a notion of how it’s going to go in the end, but that isn’t always the case. But it’s the clear picture from the middle that’s the important bit, I think.''
-->(On being asked how she starts writing a new work)
-->(On being asked how she starts writing a new work)
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Diana Wynne Jones was a British author of fantasy, mostly of the Young Adult variety. Noted for her intricate plotting with frequent uses of ThePlan, high-energy dialogue, and relentlessly [[{{DeadpanSnarker}} British]] [[{{Lampshading}} wit]]. She is probably best known for ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'' (which was turned into a very successful [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle animated movie]] by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki), and her ''Literature/{{Chrestomanci}}'' series, but she has an extensive catalog of novels and short stories.
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Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British author of fantasy, mostly of the Young Adult variety. Noted for her intricate plotting with frequent uses of ThePlan, high-energy dialogue, and relentlessly [[{{DeadpanSnarker}} British]] [[{{Lampshading}} wit]]. She is probably best known for ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'' (which was turned into a very successful [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle animated movie]] by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki), and her ''Literature/{{Chrestomanci}}'' series, but she has an extensive catalog of novels and short stories.
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* ChildrensLiterature: Everything she wrote, with the exception of ''A Sudden Wild Magic'', is this
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* ChildrensLiterature: Everything she wrote, with the exception of ''Changeover'' and ''A Sudden Wild Magic'', is thisthis.
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* ChildrensLiterature: Everything she wrote, with the exception of her first novel, is this
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* ChildrensLiterature: Everything she wrote, with the exception of her first novel, ''A Sudden Wild Magic'', is this
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* TheMultiverse: The Howl, Chrestomanci and Magid Series are all set in multiverses (though, as far as we know, not the same one).
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* TheMultiverse: The Howl, Chrestomanci and Magid Series Series, and the stand-alone ''Literature/TheHomewardBounders'', are all set in multiverses (though, as far as we know, not the same one).
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* AffectionateParody: Both the Derkholm series and Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland are this for the fantasy genre, and there's a soft skewering of fantasy in most of her works
* BadassNormal: A lot of her stories revolve around someone normal struggling in a world of magic (or at least, [[spoiler:so it seems]]
* BadassNormal: A lot of her stories revolve around someone normal struggling in a world of magic (or at least, [[spoiler:so it seems]]
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* AffectionateParody: Both the Derkholm series and Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'' are this for the fantasy genre, and there's a soft skewering of fantasy in most of her works
works.
* BadassNormal: A lot of her stories revolve around someone normal struggling in a world of magic (or at least, [[spoiler:so itseems]]seems]].
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* TheMultiverse: Both the Howl and Chrestomanci Series are set in multiverses (though, as far as we know, not the same)
* {{Mythology}}: Pretty much everything she wrote took cues off some sort of mythology
** Myth/CelticMythology: Literature/FireAndHemlock is based off the Tam Lin ballad and Thomas the Rhymer legend
** Myth/ClassicalMythology: The Game, a novella, has golden apples as a major plot point
** Myth/NorseMythology: Literature/EightDaysOfLuke is based all around the days of the week and the Norse god they correspond to
* PublicDomainCharacter: Literature/TheHomewardBounders has a lot of this, but a lot of her work has this in spades
* {{Mythology}}: Pretty much everything she wrote took cues off some sort of mythology
** Myth/CelticMythology: Literature/FireAndHemlock is based off the Tam Lin ballad and Thomas the Rhymer legend
** Myth/ClassicalMythology: The Game, a novella, has golden apples as a major plot point
** Myth/NorseMythology: Literature/EightDaysOfLuke is based all around the days of the week and the Norse god they correspond to
* PublicDomainCharacter: Literature/TheHomewardBounders has a lot of this, but a lot of her work has this in spades
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* TheMultiverse: Both the Howl and The Howl, Chrestomanci and Magid Series are all set in multiverses (though, as far as we know, not the same)
same one).
* {{Mythology}}: Pretty much everything she wrote took cues off some sort ofmythology
mythology.
** Myth/CelticMythology: Literature/FireAndHemlock is based off the Tam Lin ballad and Thomas the Rhymerlegend
legend.
** Myth/ClassicalMythology: The Game, a novella, has golden apples as a major plotpoint
point.
** Myth/NorseMythology:Literature/EightDaysOfLuke ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'' is based all around the days of the week and the Norse god they correspond to
* PublicDomainCharacter:Literature/TheHomewardBounders ''Literature/TheHomewardBounders'' has a lot of this, but a lot of her work has this in spadesspades.
* TheReveal: Many of her stories feature surprising revelations about one or more characters, the most frequent ones being that they're related to another character, have special powers, and/or are secretly a villain. Sometimes the characters themselves were unaware of these things, leading to an IAmWho moment. ''Literature/ArchersGoon'', ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'', and ''[[Literature/TheMagids The Merlin Conspiracy]]'' abound with multiple reveals, while ''Charmed Life'', ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'', ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity'' and ''The Lives of Christopher Chant'' have one or two major reveals each.
* {{Mythology}}: Pretty much everything she wrote took cues off some sort of
** Myth/CelticMythology: Literature/FireAndHemlock is based off the Tam Lin ballad and Thomas the Rhymer
** Myth/ClassicalMythology: The Game, a novella, has golden apples as a major plot
** Myth/NorseMythology:
* PublicDomainCharacter:
* TheReveal: Many of her stories feature surprising revelations about one or more characters, the most frequent ones being that they're related to another character, have special powers, and/or are secretly a villain. Sometimes the characters themselves were unaware of these things, leading to an IAmWho moment. ''Literature/ArchersGoon'', ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'', and ''[[Literature/TheMagids The Merlin Conspiracy]]'' abound with multiple reveals, while ''Charmed Life'', ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'', ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity'' and ''The Lives of Christopher Chant'' have one or two major reveals each.
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** NorseMythology: Literature/EightDaysOfLuke is based all around the days of the week and the Norse god they correspond to
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** NorseMythology: Myth/NorseMythology: Literature/EightDaysOfLuke is based all around the days of the week and the Norse god they correspond to
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** CelticMythology: Literature/FireAndHemlock is based off the Tam Lin ballad and Thomas the Rhymer legend
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** CelticMythology: Myth/CelticMythology: Literature/FireAndHemlock is based off the Tam Lin ballad and Thomas the Rhymer legend
**ClassicalMythology: Myth/ClassicalMythology: The Game, a novella, has golden apples as a major plot point
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