kid & adult magic books

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So who read/ used to read L. J. Smith? I loved her "Secret Circle" books.

How about Lloyd Alexander's books: The Book of Three; The Black Cauldron; the High King?

Ursula LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea books?

The Redwall books with the talking animals of which there's 50 million and I only got through ten?

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Oh, god, LJ Smith....I loved her stuff. I still eagerly await the final volume of Night World. But two of my favorites that aren't well known are Heart of Valor and The Night of the Solstice, which explore magic, the faery realm and the Arthurian legends nicely and - at times - subtlely.

The Vampire Diaries were the first ones I read, and then Secret Circle.

Has Smith written anything since NW10 was supposed to come out? Or did she just drop out of the writing game altogether? I remember hearing that she had been quite ill and that had prevented the publication....

LJ

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Eee, after saying I knew nothing about it (NW10: Strange Fate). I decided to go and look, and this is what I found:

"To everyone who has been enquiring about my next book, I would like to say thank you so much for your interest and support. I feel terrible about making my readers wait so long for the last Night World book, but I'm determined that the series will be finished. Right now I'm hoping to deliver Strange Fate to my publishers sometime in Spring 2003. Of course, it will then take a little time for the book to be put in print. Once again, I'd like to thank everyone who has given me sympathy and support in these last few years. This has been a difficult time for me in many ways. One of the hardest things for a family to face is the life-threatening illness of one of its younger members. But it can also bring the family closer together and teach them to appreciate each day as it comes. In my case, it has also shown me how many caring people there are who are interested in my books and who are patiently awaiting the last one. Their kindness, coming at a time when writing has been impossible for me, has been more of a comfort than they could know." -- L J Smith, 2002

From here: http://www.nightworld.net/passion/nw/sfnews.html

Hope it helps.