John Anthony Bellairs was an American author best known for his fantasy novel The Face in the Frost and many Gothic mystery novels for children featuring the characters Lewis Barnavelt, Rose Rita Pottinger, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Most of his books were illustrated by Edward Gorey. Thirteen unfinished and original sequels to Bellairs' books have been written by Brad Strickland. At the time of his death, Bellairs' books had sold a quarter-million copies in hard cover and more than a million and a half copies in paperback.
John Bellairs
Front view of the Cronin House in Marshall, Michigan, which inspired The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Edward St. John Gorey was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings.
Gorey setting up mannequins in Henri Bendel's window, 1978
Gorey in the kitchen of his home at Yarmouth, Cape Cod, 1999
Edward Gorey House, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts (2006)
Cover of The Willowdale Handcar (1962)
