Kiki and the New Magic: A Kiki's Delivery Service Novel Jared Diamond has earned herself a place

has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford

a French cosmetics executive

Half-witch Kiki never runs from a challenge

a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature

and the joy of finding where you truly belong

Kiki and the New Magic: A Kiki's Delivery Service Novel Jared Diamond has earned herself a placeEiko Kadono () is a Japanese author of children's literature, picture books, non fiction and essays in Shwa and Heisei period Japan. Kadono was born in Tokyo, and attended the Nihon Fukushi University in Aichi prefecture, followed by a degree in English literature from Waseda University. After graduation in 1960 at the age of 25, she emigrated to Brazil, where she spent two years. She wrote a nonfiction story called Brazil and My Friend Luizinho based