This is Dianna Wynne Jones' Acceptace Speech.
On November 3rd 2007, the World Fantasy Association gave Dianna a Lifetime Acheivement Award.
"Thank you everyone, and thanks too to Sharyn November for agreeing to read this. (How is that for getting a person to thank herself? It can be done).
I am really very grateful for this Award. It is one of the first given to a woman, and to two women at that. When I first started getting work published, I used to have wistful thoughts at the way all important awards were given to men. Women, I used to think, could be as innovative, imaginative and productive...
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