High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction. Some of her better-known works are the Chrestomanci series, the Dalemark series; the novels Howl`s Moving Castle and Dark Lord of Derkholm; and the nonfiction The Tough Guide to Fantasyland.