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Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere yet, but after only recently discovering the joy of Howl's Moving Castle I was saddened to learn that author Diana Wynne Jones passed away this weekend, apparently after a protracted battle with cancer.
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I'm sad to hear it. I remember reading a whole shelf of her books from my High School library. Homeward Bounders was one of my favorite for a long time.
Hopefully her name will live on as children everywhere get an opportunity to discover her books.
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Alas. I thought about doing a moment of silence thing here but it doesn't feel right. I think the right response would be to read and write.
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