Book description
When a malevolent creature tries to claim his father as its latest
victim, thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass risk
their own lives trying to save him. 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.
