John Bellairs
b. 1938 – d. 1991 · 27 books
Biography
<b><a href="http://bellairsia.com">John Bellairs</a></b> (1938–1991) was an American novelist working primarily in the Gothic genre. He is best-known for the children's classic <i>The House with a Clock in its Walls</i> 1973) and for the pathbreaking fantasy novel <i>The Face in the Frost</i> (1969). Bellairs held a bachelor's degree from Notre Dame University and a master's in English from the University of Chicago. He combined writing and teaching from 1963 to 1971, including a year at <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a> that coincided with that school's storied <a href="http://www.bellairsia.com/the_life/il/gis.html">Grotesque Internecine Struggle</a>. After 1971, he took up writing as his full-time work. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/John_Bellairs">Shimer College Wiki</a>)
Books by John Bellairs
Beast under the Wizard's Bridg
Beast under the Wizard's Bridge - the House with a Clock in Its Walls 8
Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer
Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer - the House with a Clock in Its Walls 12
Gargoyle in the Dump
Gargoyle in the Dump
The Hand of the Necromancer
Magic Mirrors (NESFA's Choice)
The Best of John Bellairs (The Curse of the Blue Figurine / The Mummy, the Will and the Crypt / The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull)
The Curse of the Blue Figurine
The Mansion in the Mist
The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt
The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull
Ghost in the Mirror / House wi
Ghost in the Mirror / House with a Clock in Its Walls
The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring
The Chessmen of Doom
The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie
The Eyes of the Killer Robot
The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost
The Best of John Bellairs
The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder
The Secret of the Underground Room
The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb
The Trolley to Yesterday
John Bellairs Boxed Set
John Bellairs Boxed Set
The Dark Secret of Weatherend
The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn
The Face in the Frost
The pedant and the shuffly
St. Fidgeta and other parodies