Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli was impressed by the book, at that time relatively little known beyond genre readers, and made it into a full-length animated feature that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2005. One of Jones’ books has been adapted for the big screen: Howl’s Moving Castle. As well as these award wins, Jones was frequently nominated for other prizes she was a four-time finalist for the Mythopoeic Prize, while The Tough Guide to Fantasyland was nominated for a Hugo Award. In 2007, Jones was honored with the Life Achievement award from the World Fantasy Convention. The final book in the same series, The Crown of Dalemark, won the Mythopoeic Prize for fantasy writing in 1996, and Jones was awarded the prize again three years later for her parodic fantasy novel The Dark Lord of Derkholm. Among these were the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize in 1978, which she received for the first Christomanci book, Charmed Life. Throughout her career, Diana Wynne Jones enjoyed critical success, which led to her winning several prestigious awards. This was a standalone work, but she also enjoyed great success with several series, including the seven-book Christomanci saga and several collections of short stories. Diana Wynne Jones is best known today for her 1986 fantasy novel Howl’s Moving Castle, which was initially quietly received but which reached a huge audience after being made into a successful animated movie by Studio Ghibli.
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