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Born: 01/17/1938  Marshall
Died: 03/08/1991
Parents: Frank E. and Virginia Bellairs
Spouse: Priscilla
Children: Frank
Address(es):
Interred: Greenwood Cemetery
Haverhill, MA

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	- At the time of his death, he left behind two unfinished manuscripts and two one-page synopses for future adventures. Author Brad Strickland was commissioned by the Bellairs estate to complete the two unfinished manuscripts and to write novels based on the two one-page outlines. These would become The Ghost in the Mirror; The Vengeance of the Witch-finder; The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie; and The Doom of the Haunted Opera, respectively. Starting in 1996 with The Hand of the Necromancer, Strickland began writing his own stories based on the established characters	Fiction	Children		1993
	The Mansion in the Mist	Fiction, Fantasy	Children	Dial Books for Young Readers	1992
	Maxwell	Fiction		Macmillan International	1991
	The Chessmen of Doom	Fiction, Mystery	Children	Dial Books for Young Readers	1989
	The Trolley to Yesterday	Historical Fiction, Science Fiction	Children	Dial Books for Young Readers	1989
	The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb	Fiction, Mystery, Supernatural/Paranormal	Children	Dial Books for Young Readers	1988
	The Eyes of the Killer Robot	Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery	Children	New York : Dial Press	1986
	The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost	Fiction, Supernatural/Paranormal	Children	Dial Books for Young Readers	1985
	The Dark Secret of Weatherend	Fiction	Children	New York : Dial Press	1984
	The spell of the sorcerer's skull	Fiction, Mystery, Supernatural/Paranormal	Children	New York : Bantam	1984-1985
	The Curse of the Blue Figurine	Fiction, Mystery	Children	New York : Dial Press	1983
	The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt	Fiction, Mystery	Children	New York : Dial Press	1983
	The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn	Fiction, Mystery	Children	New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1978
	The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring	Fiction, Supernatural/Paranormal	Children	New York : Dial Press	1976
	The figure in the shadows : sequel to The house with a clock in its walls	Fiction, Mystery	Children	New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers	1975
	The House with a Clock in Its Walls	Fiction, Mystery	Children	New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers	1973
	The Face in the Frost	Fiction, Fantasy	Adult	New York, Macmillan	1969
	The Pendant and the Shuffly - It was originally published in 1968 and rereleased in 2001 and 2009.	Fiction, Fantasy	Adult	New York, Macmillan	1968
	St. Fidgeta and Other Parodies - The book remained out of print for decades until it was rereleased in a 2009 anthology.	Fiction	Adult	New York, Macmillan	1966

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Name	Date
Virginia Young Readers Award, Middle School Division: Curse of the Blue Figurine	1986-1987
Utah Childrens Book Award: The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring - Also in 1987 for The Dark Secret of Weatherend.	1981
New York Times Outstanding Books of 1973 Award: The House with a Clock in its Walls	1973
American Library Association Children's Books of International Interest Award: The House with a Clock in its Walls	1973
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship

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In 1992, a historical marker was placed in front of the Cronin House in Bellairs's hometown of Marshall, noting that the imposing Italianate mansion was the basis for his 1973 book.

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