Nata a Hornsey, Middlesex, England, UK, il 16 agosto 1934; deceduta il 20 marzo 2011.

Bibliografia

Narrativa

Serie Chrestomanci
1) Vita Stregata (Charmed Life, 1977)
2) I Maghi di Caprona (The Magicians of Caprona, 1980)
3) Strega di Classe (Witch Week, 1982)
nn) racconto | The Sage of Theare (1982)
nn) racconto | Warlock at the Wheel (1984)
nn) racconto | Carol Oneir’s Hundredth Dream (1986)
4) Le vite perdute Christopher Chant (The Lives of Christopher Chant, 1988)
nn) racconto | Stealer of Souls (2000)
nn) raccolta di racconti | Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci (2000)
5) Scherzi del Destino (Conrad’s Fate, 2005)
6) The Pinhoe Egg (2006)
The Chrestomanci Quartet (2000) [contiene i romanzi 1, 2, 3, 4]
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume I (2001) [contiene i romanzi 1, 4]
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume II (2001) [contiene i romanzi 2, 3]
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume III (2008) [contiene i romanzi  5, 6]

Serie Dalemark
1) Cart and Cwidder (1975)
2) Drowned Ammet (1977)
3) The Spellcoats (1979)
4) The Crown of Dalemark (1993)
The Dalemark Quartet (2003) [contiene i romanzi 1, 2, 3, 4]
The Dalemark Quartet, Volume 1 (2005) [contiene i romanzi 1, 2]
The Dalemark Quartet, Volume 2 (2005) [contiene i romanzi 3, 4]

Serie Derkholm
1) The Dark Lord of Derkholm (1998) aka Dark Lord of Derkholm
2) Year of the Griffin (2000) aka The Year of the Griffin

Serie Howl
1) Il Castello Errante di Howl (Howl’s Moving Castle, 1986)
2) Il Castello in Aria (Castle in the Air, 1990)
3) La Casa per Ogni Dove (House of Many Ways, 2008)
Wizard’s Castle (2002) [contiene i romanzi 1, 2]
World of Howl Collection (2014)

Seire Magids
1) Deep Secret (1997)
2) La Congiura di Merlino (The Merlin Conspiracy, 2003)

Altri romanzi
Changeover (1970)
Wilkins’ Tooth (1973) aka Witch’s Business
The Ogre Downstairs (1974)
Dogsbody (1975)
Eight Days of Luke (1975)
Power of Three (1976)
The Homeward Bounders (1981)
The Time of the Ghost (1981)
Archer’s Goon (1984)
Fire and Hemlock (1984)
A Tale of Time City (1987)
Wild Robert (1989)
Black Maria (1991) aka Aunt Maria
A Sudden Wild Magic (1992)
Hexwood (1993)
Puss in Boots (1999)
The Game (2007)
Enchanted Glass (2010)
Earwig and the Witch (2011)
The Islands of Chaldea (2014) con Ursula Jones

Collezioni
Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories (1984)
Stopping for a Spell: Three Fantasies (1993)
Everard’s Ride (1995)
Minor Arcana (1996)
Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories (1999)
Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories (2004)
Vile Visitors (2012)
Freaky Families (2013)

Omnibus
Diana Wynne Jones’s Fantastical Journeys Collection (2015) con Ursula Jones
Diana Wynne Jones’s Magic and Myths Collection (2015)

Antologie
Hidden Turnings (1989)
Spellbound: Fantasy Stories (1994)
Fantasy Stories (1994)

Chapbooks
Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? (1978)
The Four Grannies (1980)
Chair Person (1989)
Yes Dear (1992)
Stealer of Souls (2002)
Enna Hittims (2006)

Narrativa breve
Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? (1975)
Carruthers (1978)
Auntie Bea’s Day Out (1979)
The Fluffy Pink Toadstool (1979)
The Four Grannies (1980)
Dragon Reserve, Home Eight (1984)
No One (1984)
The Plague of Peacocks (1984)
The Fat Wizard (1987)
The Green Stone (1988)
Chair Person (1989)
The Master (1989)
Mela Worms (1989)
nad and Dan adn Quaffy (1990)
The Girl Who Loved the Sun (1990)
Yes Dear (1992)
What the Cat Told Me (1994)
Everard’s Ride (1995)
The True State of Affairs (1995)
The Girl Jones (1998)
Enna Hittims (1999)
Little Dot (2003)
I’ll Give You My Word (2006)
Samantha’s Diary (2009)
JoBoy (2009)

Nonfiction
The Skiver’s Guide (1984)
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (1996)
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: Revised and Updated Edition (2006)
Reflections: On the Magic of Writing (2012)

Poesia
A Slice of Life (1986)

Saggistica
The Profession of Science Fiction (serie)
51 Answers to Some Questions (serie, 1997)
The Shape of the Narrative in The Lord of the Rings (Everard’s Ride) (1983)
Why Don’t You Write Real Books? (1987)
Introduction (Hidden Turnings) (1989)
Letter (Vector 159) (1991)
Two Kinds of Writing (1991)
Aiming for the Moon (1993)
Introduction (Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories) (1996)
Introduction (Minor Arcana) (1996)
Joan Aiken: Influences (1997)
How I Came to Write this Guidebook (The Tough Guide to Fantasyland) (2006)
Letter (Ansible 246) (2008)
Howl’s Moving Castle: Book to Film (Nebula Awards Showcase 2008) (2008)
Letter (Ansible 276) (2010)