THE Lord Lieutenant of Bristol, Peaches Golding, has unveiled a green plaque in memory of an author who wrote mainly children’s books.
She dedicated the plaque outside the former home of Diana Wynne Jones at The Polygon.
Diana decided that she was going to be a writer when she was thirteen years old and began putting stories together for her sisters. Eventually she became known as a fantasy novelist and wrote more than 40 books for children, many of which centred on magic or magicians.
Diana Wynne Jones died in 2011 aged 76
At the unveiling ceremony talks were given by the author’s biographer, Catherine Butler, Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University and Michel Burrow, Diana’s son.
The plaque was donated by the Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society.