But writing short stories was beginning to feel like a waste of time when she could be writing longer works of fiction for greater returns on expended efforts. These stories, collected in the volumes More Than You Bargained For and All You've Ever Wanted, became Aiken’s first published books. To supplement her editor’s wages,' she also contributed many short stories to this publication and others. When Brown’s death in 1955 left her with large debts and two children to support, she went to work as an editor for the short story magazine Argosy. Although they paid her, Aiken was made to realize poetry was not a gainful occupation.Īiken continued to develop her writing after her marriage to journalist Ron Brown, selling several radio scripts and some short stories. Forster, Sylvia Sprigge, and Max Beerbohm. Her first acceptance came while she was still in school two of her poems were published in a prestigious little magazine, the Abinger Chronicle, edited by E. At the age of five she decided upon a literary career and began writing her first stories and poems. Joan Aiken was surrounded by literary models from birth. (age 79) Rye, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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