John Bellairs

John Bellairs

John Bellairs has written at least 34 books. Their most popular book is The House with a Clock in Its Walls with 43 saves with an average rating of 3.77⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Young Adult, and Classics.

Author Bio

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)