Year of the Griffin
Front cover of the US first edition | |
| Author | Diana Wynne Jones |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | John Sullivan (UK) Joseph A. Smith (depicted) |
| Language | English |
| Series | Derkholm |
| Genre | Fantasy novel, parody |
| Published | 2000 (Gollancz/UK, William Morrow/US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 218 (UK) 267 (US) |
| ISBN | 978-0-575-07046-2 |
| OCLC | 42726020 |
| LC Class | PZ7.J684 Yc 2000 |
| Preceded by | Dark Lord of Derkholm |
Year of the Griffin, later The Year of the Griffin in the UK, is a fantasy novel by the British author Diana Wynne Jones, published 2000 simultaneously in the UK and the US It is the sequel to The Dark Lord of Derkholm, set primarily at the university several years after that novel's radical conclusion.
Year is centred on six first-year students of magic, in relation to the administration and teachers, their families and studies, and each other. A review in Publishers Weekly called it a "boisterous spoof of the campus novel"; another in Booklist said that it continues "Jones' spoof of traditional fantasy conventions".