Book description
Thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass
battle an evil wizard for possession of a bewitched hand that can be
used to rule the world. John Bellairs is beloved as a master of gothic
young adult novels and fantasies. His series about the adventures of
Lewis Barnavelt and his Uncle Jonathan, which includes THE HOUSE WITH A
CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, is a classic. He also wrote a series of novels
featuring the character Johnny Dixon. Among the titles in that series
were THE CURSE OF THE BLUE FIGURINE; THE MUMMY, THE WILL, AND THE CRYPT;
THE SPELL OF THE SORCERER'S SKULL and others. His solo novel THE FACE IN
THE FROST is also regarded as a fantasy classic and among his earlier
works are ST. FIDGETA AND OTHER PARODIES and THE PEDANT AND THE SHUFFLY.
He was a prolific writer, publishing more than a dozen novels before his
untimely death in 1991. Brad Strickland has written and co-written 41
novels, many of them for younger readers. He is the author of the
fantasy trilogy Moon Dreams, Nul's Quest and Wizard's Mole and of the
popular horror novel Shadowshow. With his wife Barbara, he has written
for the Star Trek Young Adult book series, for Nickelodeon's Are You
Afraid of the Dark? book series, and for Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
(Pocket Books). Both solo and with Thomas E. Fuller, he has written
several books about Wishbone, Public TV's literature-loving dog. When
he's not writing, he teaches English at Gainesville College in
Gainesville, Georgia. He and Barbara have two children, Amy and
Jonathan, and a daughter-in-law, Rebecca. They live and work in Oakwood,
Georgia.
