Jan Mark

Jan Mark (June 22, 1943 - January 16, 2006) was a British writer.

She was christened Janet Marjorie Brisland in Welwyn Garden City in 1943. She started writing in the mid-1970s. She wrote over 50 books beginning at age 33, and is best known as a writer for children.

She is justly famous for her acutely-observed short stories which do not waste a single word and which show an imaginative use of language. Mark's images conjure up visions. She also wrote novels about seemingly ordinary children in contemporary settings (she won the Carnegie Medal for "Thunder and Lightnings" and for "Handles") as well as science fiction novels set in their own universes with their own rules. Her last works include the novels "Eclipse of the Century" and "Useful Idiots" (see useful idiot).

She was divorced, and is survived by two children.

Selected bibliography

Useful Idiots (2004) ISBN 0385750234
Mr Dickens Hits Town (1999) ISBN 0887764681
The Midas Touch (1999) ISBN 0763604887
My Frog and I (1997) ISBN 1903285976
The Tale of Tobias (1996) ISBN 1564026922
Fun With Mrs Thumb (1993) ISBN 1564022471
Zeno Was Here (1988) ISBN 0374296642
Fun (1988) ISBN 0670824577
Trouble Half-way (1986) ISBN 0689312105
Fur (1986) ISBN 0744504783
Handles (1985) ISBN 0689311400
Feet and Other Stories (1983) ISBN 0722658397
Aquarius (1982) ISBN 068931051X
The Dead Letter Box (1982) ISBN 0241108047
Nothing To Be Afraid Of (1981) ISBN 0060240873
Hairs In the Palm of the Hand (1981) ISBN 0722657285
Divide and Rule (1980) ISBN 0690040121
The Ennead (1978) ISBN 0690038720
Under the Autumn Garden (1977) ISBN 0722653476
Thunder and Lightnings (1976) ISBN 0690039018

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