by Jay Cook (2003) ( Originally published at the compleatbellairs.com ) When I was in elementary school in rural Indiana, I spent a rainy...

The following excerpts from Michael Dirda in the Washington Post were passed along to us recently. He has a few facts mixed up - and weren...

Oakridge Cemetery is once again host to A Living History Portrayal on Saturday, October 11. This is a guided, walking tour of Oakridge Ceme...

The Japanese edition of the The Specter from the Magician's Museum (loosely translated as Mystery of the magic museum ) will be publish...

John Bellairs's hometown is celebrating 40 years of its Historic Homes Tour on September 6 and 7, 2003. The Marshall, Michigan home t...

As a fifth grader growing up in Marshall, Michigan, author Bryndis Rubin had a class interview assignment.  Being extremely fond of John Bel...

After two years of staying silent in New Zebedee, the latest adventure of Lewis Barnavelt and company has been released,  The Whistle, the G...

Ruth Martin passes word along that John Bellairs will be profiled in the upcoming Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators , part o...

Carol Schaal of the Notre Dame Magazine has written a superb article about John Bellairs, "the wittiest guy in the class of '59...

Bernard K. Markwell , "to whom Saint Fidgeta first appeared on rainy day in front of the Oriental Institute in Chicago,...

This past spring we began a series of queries with the Wisconsin Regional Writers' Association (WRWA) about Mary H. Zimmerman . Why, yo...

The Old Man of the Mountain , New Hampshire's natural stone profile that looks like a gnarled human face, fell from its mountainside Sat...

The French edition of the The Beast under the Wizard's Bridge (loosely translated as The Monster Under the Bridge ), with cover art by ...

The French edition of the The Doom of the Haunted Opera (loosely translated as The Opera Evil ), with cover art by Lalex, is to be publishe...

The Japanese edition of the The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull (loosely translated as Curse of Skull that moves ) will be published this...