Joan Aiken
Aiken, Joan Delano
September 4, 1924 – January 4, 2004 (aged 79)
Birth place: Rye, East Sussex, England, UK
68 works in English-language magazines
| Date | Page | Type | Title | Magazine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1955 | 85 | Short Fiction | Music for the Wicked Countess | Argosy, September 1955 |
| September 1956 | 25 | Short Fiction | Cricket | Argosy, September 1956 |
| December 1956 | 97 | Short Fiction | As Gay As Cheese | Argosy, December 1956 |
| August 1958 | 31 | Short Fiction | Sonata for Harp and Bicycle | Argosy, August 1958 |
| September 1958 | 63 | Short Fiction | Searching for Summer | Argosy, September 1958 |
| November 1958 | 99 | Short Fiction | Furry Night | Argosy, November 1958 |
| April 1959 | 13 | Short Fiction | Safe and Soundproof | Argosy, April 1959 |
| November 1959 | 27 | Short Fiction | A Leg Full of Rubies | Argosy, November 1959 |
| February 1960 | 47 | Short Fiction | Elephant's Ear | Argosy, February 1960 |
| May 1960 | 42 | Short Fiction | Hit and Run | Suspense (UK), May 1960 |
| July 1961 | 6 | Short Fiction | Five Green Moons | Argosy, July 1961 |
| March 1963 | 101 | Short Fiction | Lodging for the Night | Argosy, March 1963 |
| July 1963 | 95 | Short Fiction | Worst-Natur'd Muse | Argosy, July 1963 |
| December 1963 | 48 | Short Fiction | Sultan's Splash | Argosy, December 1963 |
| April 1964 | 27 | Short Fiction | Lease of a Gold-Banded Pen | Argosy, April 1964 |
| August 1964 | 23 | Short Fiction | Marmalade Wine | Argosy, August 1964 |
| July 1971 | 86 | Short Fiction | The Magic Iron | Children's Digest, July 1971 |
| December 1975 | 11 | Review | Authors' Choice 2 | Luna Monthly, #60, December 1975 |
| February 1976 | 22 | Review | The Kingdom and the Cave | Luna Monthly, #62, February 1976 |
| December 1981 | 22 | Review | Black Hearts in Battersea | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 21, 1981 |
| December 1981 | 22 | Review | Nightbirds on Nantucket | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 21, 1981 |
| December 1981 | 22 | Review | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 21, 1981 |
| April 1982 | 64 | Short Fiction | Old Fillikin | Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1982 |
| April 1982 | 18 | Review | The Stolen Lake | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1982 |
| July 1982 | 72 | Short Fiction | Picnic Area | Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, July 1982 |
| September 1982 | 44 | Short Fiction | Two Races | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1982 |
| November 1983 | 8 | Review | Bridle the Wind | Locus, #274 November 1983 |
| August 1984 | 44 | Review | Bridle the Wind | Fantasy Review, August 1984 |
| October 1984 | 15 | Review | A Whisper in the Night: Tales of Terror and Suspense | Locus, #285 October 1984 |
| June 1985 | 14 | Review | A Whisper in the Night: Tales of Terror and Suspense | Fantasy Review, June 1985 |
| 1988 | 18 | Review | The Moon's Revenge | Weird Tales, Summer 1988 |
| April 1988 | 55 | Review | The Moon's Revenge | Science Fiction Chronicle, #103 Apr 1988 |
| October 1988 | 64 | Review | The Teeth of the Gale | Locus, #333 October 1988 |
| September 1990 | 29 | Review | A Fit of Shivers | Locus, #356 September 1990 |
| April 1991 | 20 | Review | A Fit of Shivers | Vector 160 |
| February 1993 | 33 | Review | The Haunting of Lamb House | Locus, #385 February 1993 |
| October 1993 | 59 | Review | Is | Locus, #393 October 1993 |
| January 1994 | 59 | Review | The Haunting of Lamb House | Horror, January 1994 |
| June 1996 | 67 | Review | Cold Shoulder Road | Locus, #425 June 1996 |
| September 1996 | 69 | Review | The Cockatrice Boys | Locus, #428 September 1996 |
| January 1997 | 19 | Review | The Cockatrice Boys | The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 1997 |
| April 1997 | Review | The Cockatrice Boys | Science Fiction Chronicle, April/May 1997 | |
| April 1997 | 148 | Review | The Cockatrice Boys | Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1997 |
| May 1997 | 149 | Review | The Cockatrice Boys | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 1997 |
| May 1998 | 6 | Interview | Joan Aiken: Wolves and Alternate Worlds | Locus, #448 May 1998 |
| September 1999 | 25 | Review | Dangerous Games | Locus, #464 September 1999 |
| October 2001 | Poem | Π in the Sky | Strange Horizons, 29 October 2001 | |
| October 2001 | Review | A Harp of Fishbones and Other Stories | Strange Horizons, 29 October 2001 | |
| October 2001 | Review | A Small Pinch of Weather and Other Stories | Strange Horizons, 29 October 2001 | |
| October 2001 | Review | Black Hearts in Battersea | Strange Horizons, 29 October 2001 | |
| October 2001 | Poem | Down Below | Strange Horizons, 29 October 2001 | |
| October 2001 | Interview | Interview: Joan Aiken | Strange Horizons, 29 October 2001 | |
| October 2001 | Review | Night Birds on Nantucket | Strange Horizons, 29 October 2001 | |
| October 2001 | Short Fiction | The Rented Swan | Strange Horizons, 29 October 2001 | |
| October 2001 | Review | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | Strange Horizons, 29 October 2001 | |
| August 2003 | 33 | Review | Midwinter Nightingale | Locus, #511 August 2003 |
| January 2004 | 40 | Short Fiction | The Legacy | Weirdly Supernatural, #2 |
| May 2005 | 31 | Review | The Witch of Clatteringshaws | Locus, #532 May 2005 |
| January 2009 | 48 | Review | The Serial Garden | Locus, #576 January 2009 |
| February 2009 | 25 | Review | The Serial Garden | Locus, #577 February 2009 |
| January 2011 | Short Fiction | The Third Wish | Strange Horizons, 31 January 2011 | |
| June 2011 | 62 | Review | The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories | Locus, #605 June 2011 |
| July 2011 | 140 | Short Fiction | Hair | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2011 |
| August 2011 | 45 | Review | The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories | Locus, #607 August 2011 |
| August 2011 | 46 | Short Fiction | The Sale of Midsummer | Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, August 2011 |
| December 2011 | Short Fiction | Reading in Bed | Tor.com, December 20, 2011 | |
| July 2016 | 8 | Review | The People in the Castle | The Cascadia Subduction Zone, July 2016 |
| December 2025 | 54 | Review | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | The New York Times Book Review, December 7, 2025 |
117 English-language books
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Joan Delano Aiken had a passion for ghost stories. She began working for BBC Radio in 1944 and later in the United London office as the Features Editor of Argosy magazine and as a copywriter in an advertising agency. She took up full-time writing in 1962, producing a large number of fantasies, ghost stories and mysteries for children and adults. She also wrote several historical romances and sequels to works by Jane Austen. She was married to the American landscape painter Julius Goldstein. (derived from biographical intro in Dancing With the Dark as of 2012-09-11)
Joan Delano Aiken had a passion for ghost stories. She began working for BBC Radio in 1944 and later in the United London office as the Features Editor of Argosy magazine and as a copywriter in an advertising agency. She took up full-time writing in 1962, producing a large number of fantasies, ghost stories and mysteries for children and adults. She also wrote several historical romances and sequels to works by Jane Austen. She was married to the American landscape painter Julius Goldstein. (derived from biographical intro in Dancing With the Dark as of 2012-09-11)