Information: - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a children 's novel by Joan Aiken , first published in 1962 . Set in an alternative history of England , it tells of the adventures of cousins Bonnie and Sylvia and their friend Simon the goose - boy as they thwart the evil schemes of their governess Miss Slighcarp . The novel is the first in the Wolves Chronicles , a series of books set during the fictional early - 19th century reign of King James III. A large number of wolves have migrated from the bitter cold of Europe and Russia into Britain via a new '' channel tunnel '' , and terrorise the inhabitants of rural areas . Aiken wrote the book over a period of years , with a seven - year gap due to her full - time work ; the success of this , her second novel , enabled her to quit her job and write full - time . It is described by John Rowe Townsend as '' a tale of double - dyed villainy , with right triumphant in the end . '' It was adapted into a film , with the same title , in 1989 . - Joan Delano Aiken (4 September 1924 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. For "The Whispering Mountain", published by Jonathan Cape in 1968, she won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers, and she was a commended runner-up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British writer. She won an Edgar Allan Poe Award (1972) for "Night Fall". - The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a literary award that annually recognises one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It is conferred upon the author of the book by "The Guardian" newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It is a lifetime award in that previous winners are not eligible. At least since 2000 the prize is 1,500. The shortlist of no more than four books and the winner are selected by three children's fiction writers, almost always including the latest winner. "The Guardian" calls it the only children's book award winner selected by peers. The newspaper's children's book editor Julia Eccleshare (at least since 2000) participates in selection of the longlist and thereafter chairs the panel of final judges. What is the relationship between 'the wolves of willoughby chase' and 'jonathan cape'?
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