![]() ![]() Her books were also translated into French, German, Swedish and Danish. Of adult titles, Latitudes of Melt (published in 2000) proved most enduring with about 30,000 copies sold – a high number in Canada’s small market. ![]() Her bestselling title for young readers, according to her literary agent Dean Cooke, was The Hand of Robin Squires (1977), about a search for buried treasure on Oak Island in Nova Scotia it sold more than 100,000 copies. ![]() Of her 17 books, 10 were written for children and seven for adults, and she was nominated for or won prizes in both categories. Captivated by the magic of fiction from a young age, Joan Clark was a sharp observer of the nooks and crannies of human character, able to write with equal success for both children and grown-ups. She was a writer with a free-flowing imagination who could spin a complex tale out of a minuscule scrap of information. ![]()
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