adu ▁Legisl ative ▁Assembly ▁Category : D rav ida ▁Mun net ra ▁Kaz h ag am ▁polit icians ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) ▁Category : M embers ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁Legisl ative ▁Assembly <0x0A> </s> ▁Joy ▁Ch ant ▁( born ▁ 1 3 ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 5 ) ▁is ▁a ▁British ▁fant asy ▁writer . ▁She ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁the ▁three ▁House ▁of ▁K endre th ▁nov els , ▁published ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁Her ▁legal ▁name ▁is ▁E ile en ▁Joy ce ▁R utter . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁E ile en ▁Joy ce ▁" Jo y " ▁Ch ant ▁ ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁London . ▁ ▁She ▁began ▁writing ▁in ▁her ▁early ▁te ens , ▁and ▁began ▁publishing ▁fiction ▁while ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁School s ▁L ibr arian ▁in ▁London . ▁She ▁attended ▁college ▁in ▁Wales , ▁where ▁her ▁father ▁had ▁been ▁station ed ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁Later , ▁she ▁lived ▁with ▁her ▁husband ▁and ▁children ▁in ▁Le igh - on - Se a , ▁Es sex . ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁Ch ant ' s ▁first ▁novel ▁was ▁Red ▁Moon ▁and ▁Black ▁Mountain , ▁a ▁parallel ▁world ▁fiction . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁author , ▁it ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁elaborate ▁fant asy ▁leg ends ▁and ▁imag inary ▁games ▁she ▁began ▁en act ing ▁and ▁writing ▁as ▁a ▁young ▁child . ▁After ▁learning ▁to ▁read ▁at ▁two ▁and