John Bellairs

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The author of 18 books including "St. Fidgeta and Other Parodies" (1966); "The Pedant and the Shuffly" (1968); the Tolkien-inspired fantasy "The Face in the Frost" (1969); and fifteen young-adult gothic supernatural thrillers staring such characters as Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. In 1955, after graduating from Marshall High ... See full bio »

Born:

January 17, 1938 in Marshall, Michigan, USA

Died:

March 8, 1991 (age 53) in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

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Known For

The House with a Clock in Its Walls Writer

(2018)

CBS Library Writer

(1979)

The General Electric College Bowl Himself

(1959)

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Writer (3 credits)

2018 The House with a Clock in Its Walls (based on the novel by)

1980 CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Treasure of Alpheus T. Winterborn (1980) ... (uncredited)

1979 CBS Library (TV Series) (story "The House With a Clock in its Walls" - 1 episode)

- Once Upon a Midnight Scary (1979) ... (story "The House With a Clock in its Walls")

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1959 The General Electric College Bowl (TV Series)
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- Barnard College at University of Notre Dame (1959) ... Himself

- University of Notre Dame at Georgetown University (1959) ... Himself

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Other Works:

1999 - The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost (a Johnny Dixon novel) See more »

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Writing seems to be (for me) a way of memorializing and transforming my own past. I write about things I wish had happened to me when I was a kid. See more »