John Bellairs (1938–1991) was an American novelist working primarily in the Gothic genre. He is best-known for the children's classic The House with a Clock in its Walls 1973) and for the pathbreaking fantasy novel The Face in the Frost (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 Shimer College that coincided with that school's storied Grotesque Internecine Struggle. After 1971, he took up writing as his full-time work. (from Shimer College Wiki)
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American novelist, primarily speculative fiction for children (1938–1991)
| Born | 1938 |
| Died | 1991 |
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American novelist, primarily speculative fiction for children (1938–1991)
| Born | 1938 |
| Died | 1991 |
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Children's fiction, Fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Juvenile fiction, Magic, Detective and mystery stories, Dixon, johnny (fictitious character), fiction, Horror stories, Magic, fiction, Mystery fiction, Supernatural, Supernatural, fiction, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Barnavelt, lewis (fictitious character), fiction, Magie, Monday, anthony (fictitious character), fiction, Pottinger, rose rita (fictitious character), fiction, Surnaturel, Time travel, fiction, Wizards, Children's stories, Fantasy fiction, Paranormal fiction, SorciersPlaces
England, Michigan, New Zebedee, Boy Scout camp, Byzantine Empire, Minnesota, Sussex (England), Wisconsin, ÉgyptePeople
Father Higgins, Fergie, Johnny Dixon, Lewis Barnavelt, Professor Childermass, Florence Zimmermann, Isaac Izard, Jonathan Barnavelt, Selenna Izard, Tarby Corrigan, Anders Borkman, Anthony Monday, Mrs. Zimmerman, Myra Eels, Rose Rita PottingerID Numbers
- OLID: OL541161A
- GoodReads: 101070
- ISNI: 000000008108957X
- Library of Congress Names: n50006803
- VIAF: 29714698
- Wikidata: Q709295
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q709295
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- Bellairs John
- The Estate of John Bellairs LLC (author)
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