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)
John Bellairs
×CloseAmerican novelist, primarily speculative fiction for children
Born | 1938 |
Died | 1991 |
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John Bellairs
×CloseAmerican novelist, primarily speculative fiction for children
Born | 1938 |
Died | 1991 |
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Children's fiction, Fiction, American wit and humor, Dixon, johnny (fictitious character), fiction, Fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Magic, Mystery and detective stories, Parodies, Supernatural, Supernatural, fiction, WizardsID Numbers
- OLID: OL541161A
- ISNI: 000000008108957X
- 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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