It was here that they both raised their daughter and three sons together, as she continued to write and progress with her career as an author, building and establishing her name throughout the following years. Marrying the ecologist Alan Ibbotson, whom she met whilst attending Cambridge University, in 1947, they both went on to live in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Going on to attend Bedford College in London for her undergraduate degree in 1945, followed by her postgraduate studies which she gained at Cambridge University, all of which allowed her to become more adept at her craft of writing. This played a major part in her upbringing as she felt displaced for much of it, whilst also proclaiming that it was her school that inspired the novel ‘The Dragonfly Pool’ in 2008. Following in their tradition, she then went on to achieve greatness of her own as a highly influential and important author for much of the twentieth century.Īttending the Darlington Hall School in the United Kingdom after her parents split in 1928 and moved to Britain following the rise of the Nazi party in their home country. Growing up in Vienna where she was born and raised, she was brought up with her mother, the famous writer Anna Wilhelmine Gmeyner, and father Bertold Paul Wiesner the famous physician. Not only that, but she has also managed to garner renewed interest in recent years, with her work being relabeled for the young adult market, thus gaining her a whole new audience.īorn on the 21st of January in 1925, the writer Eva Ibbotson lived a full eighty-five years until the 20th of October, leaving behind a strong legacy that any author would be proud of.

Winning awards she is not without critical acclaim either, with a large amount of praise being lavished on her many novels and stories. A Countess Below Stairs / The Secret CountessĪ British novelist who has achieved huge amounts of attention throughout the course of her writing career, the author Eva Ibbotson has been creating her unique brand of children’s fiction for quite some time now, garnering interest for her work that appeals to both the young as well as the old.

The reluctant heiress by eva ibbotson