'''Eva Ibbotson''' (* 1925 als ''Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner'' in Wien) ist eine britische Schriftstellerin.

== Leben ==

Eva Ibbotson ist die Tochter des Physiologen Berthold Wiesner und der Schriftstellerin Anna Gmeyner. Das Ehepaar lebte in Edinburgh, wo der Vater arbeitete. Nach der Trennung der Eltern 1930 lebte die Mutter in Berlin, Wien und Paris (ab 1933 im Exil); der Vater verblieb in Edinburgh. Die Tochter wuchs in Wien auf und emigrierte 1933, indem sie zu ihrem Vater nach Schottland zog.

Sie studierte Physiologie in London und wurde Wissenschaftlerin an der Universität Cambridge. Sie heiratete ihren Kollegen Alan Ibbotson, mit dem sie vier Kinder hat. Als ihr jüngster Sohn in die Schule kam, schrieb Eva Ibbotson ihr erstes Kinderbuch.

== Werke (Auswahl) ==
* „Worm & the Toffee Nosed Princess“, 1983
* „Die Morgengabe“, 1994 („The Morning Gift“, 1993)
* „Die Vertraute“, 1995 („Madansky Sqaure“, 1988)
* „Hecky Hexe“, 1995 oder „Das Geheimnis der Hexen von Wellbridge“ („Not just a Witch“, 1989)
* „Dial-a-Ghost“, 1996
* „Ein Hauch von Jasmin“, 1997 („A Company of Swans“ 1985)
* „Sommerglanz“, 1998 („A Countess Below Stairs“, 1981)
* „Das Geheimnis von Bahnsteig 13“, 1999 („The Secret of Platform 13“, 1994) Kinderbuch
* „Das Lied eines Sommers“, 2000 („A Song for Summer“, 1997)
* „Sternenmelodie“, 2000 („Magic Flutes“, 1982)
* „Die kleine Komtesse“, 2001 oder „Vicky und der Weihnachtsengel“ („Glove Shop in Vienna and other Stories“, 1992)
* „Das Geheimnis der siebten Hexe“, 2002 („Which Witch?“, 1979)
* „Das Geheimnis des wandernden Schlosses“, 2005 („The haunting of Hiram“ oder „The Haunting of Granite Falls“, 2004, oder „The Haunting of Hiram C. Hopgood“, 1987)
* „Das Geheimnis der verborgenen Insel“,2005 („Island of the Aunts“, 2000 oder „Monster Mission“, 1999)
* „Maia oder als Miss Minton ihr Korsett in den Amazonas warf“, 2006 („Journey to the River Sea“, 2001)
* „Annika und der Stern von Kazan“, 2006 („The Star of Kazan“, 2004)
* „Das Geheimnis der Geister von Craggyford“, 2007 oder „Rick und die Spukgesellen“ („The Great Ghost Rescue“, 1975)
* „Das Geheimnis der schottischen Füsse“, 2008 („The Beasts of Clawstone Castle“, 2005)
* „The Dragonfly Pool“, 2008

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'''Eva Ibbotson''' (born '''Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner''', 1925, Vienna, Austria) is a British novelist specializing primarily in children's and young adult fiction.

==Personal life==
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1925.  When Hitler came into power, Ibbotson's family moved to England.

She attended Bedford College, graduating in 1945; Cambridge University from 1946-47; and the University of Durham, from which she graduated with a diploma in education in 1965.

Ibbotson had intended to be a physiologist, but was put off by the amount of animal testing that she would have to do.  Instead, she married and raised a family, returning to school to become a teacher in the 1960's.<ref>[http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1080/Ibbotson-Eva-1925.html Eva Ibbotson (1925-) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Honors Awards, Writings, Adaptations, Sidelights]</ref>

Ibbotson is widowed with three sons and a daughter.

She has always wanted to be on the Radio show "Desert Island Discs" and her fans hope she will someday fulfill her wish.

==Career==
Ibottson began writing with the television drama ''Linda Came Today'', in 1965.  Ten years later, she published her first novel, ''The Great Ghost Rescue''.

Ibbotson has written numerous books including ''The Secret of Platform 13'', ''Journey to the River Sea'', ''Which Witch?'', ''Island of the Aunts'', and ''Dial-a-Ghost''. She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for ''Journey to the River Sea'', and has been a runner up for many of major awards for British children's literature. The books are imaginative and humorous, and most of them feature magical creatures and places, despite the fact that she disliked thinking about the supernatural, and created the characters because she wanted to decrease her readers' fear of such things. Some of the books, particularly ''Journey to the River Sea'', also reflect Ibbotson's love of nature. Ibbotson wrote this book in honor of her husband (who had died just before she wrote it), a former naturalist. The book had been in her head for years before she actually wrote it. Ibbotson said she dislikes "financial greed and a lust for power" and often creates antagonists in her books who have these characteristics.  Some have been struck by the similarity of "Platform 9 3/4" in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books to Ibbotson's ''The Secret of Platform 13'', which came out three years before the first Harry Potter book. 