Author · 1938–1991
John Bellairs
John Bellairs was an American novelist, primarily speculative fiction for children (1938–1991). Born in Marshall.
Our catalogue lists 8 books by John Bellairs, mostly witch fiction, horror and time-travel fiction. They span 1973 to 1995. The most-read is The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973).
Books by John Bellairs
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
John Bellairs
The Curse of the Blue Figurine
John Bellairs
The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring
John Bellairs
The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt
John Bellairs
The Mansion in the Mist
John Bellairs
The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder
John Bellairs, Brad Strickland
The Doom of the Haunted Opera
John Bellairs, Brad Strickland
The Best of John Bellairs
John Bellairs
Biography
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 )