Joan North

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Joan Marian North (15 February 1920 to 1999) was a British children's writer, born in Hendon, London, to the metallurgist Frank Wevil North and Gladys May Paybody. She was educated in England, Wales and China and attended King's College London. During the Second World War she served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. She later worked as a nurse, a social worker, at the BBC and in the publications department of the Tate Gallery. In 1952 she married C. A. Rogers, Astor Professor of Mathematics at the University of London, and they had two daughters, Jane and Petra. Her novels are set in contemporary times and feature intrusions into the everyday world of mysterious powers or influences, with young protagonists who come to a greater understanding of themselves. Her books are Emperor of the Moon (1956), The Cloud Forest (1965), The Whirling Shapes (1967) and The Light Maze (1971).

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• The Light Maze (1971) · The Light Maze Core Canon

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 nomination)

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