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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John Bellairs
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American novelist, primarily speculative fiction for children (1938–1991)
| Born | 1938 |
| Died | 1991 |
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- OLID: OL541161A
- GoodReads: 101070
- ISNI: 000000008108957X
- Library of Congress Names: n50006803
- VIAF: 29714698
- Wikidata: Q709295
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q709295
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- The Estate of John Bellairs LLC (author)