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William Hjortsberg
William Hjortsberg (1941-2017)

biographer

  • Stanford University

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Nevermore
Falling Angel (Dead Letter Mystery)
Falling angel
Gray Matters
Jubilee Hitchhiker The Life And Times Of Richard Brautigan
Falling Angel
Nevermore
Odd corners
Gray Matters
Angel's Inferno
Falling Angel
Falling angel
Mañana
Falling Angel
Jubilee Hitchhiker The Life And Times Of Richard Brautigan
Falling angel
WORK of ART
Symbiography
Matières grises
Alp
Toro! Toro! Toro!
Jubilee Hitchhiker
Matières Grises
Seeing Richard
Matières grises
Falling Angel & Angel's Inferno - Centipede Press Box Set, Signed, limited
Alp
Gray Matters
Silent seasons
Toro ! Toro ! Toro !
Falling angel
Symbiography
SABBAT DANS CENTRAL PARK
Malʾakh nofel
Corazón de ángel
Legend
Poppy Z. Brite
Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967)

biographer

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The Living Dead
Darkness
Shadows over Baker Street
Love in Vein II
Wormwood
Are You Loathsome Tonight?
Self-made Man
Drawing Blood
Lost Souls
Triads
Love in Vein
Best New Horror 4 (Mammoth Book of Best New Horror)
Wrong Things
Courtney Love
Prime
Soul Kitchen
Liquor
The Value of X
Exquisite corpse
Antediluvian Tales
The Century's Best Horror Fiction. Volume 2
The Devil You Know
D*U*C*K
Crossing the Border
The Crow
Second line
The Lazarus heart
Plastic Jesus
Swamp foetus
Swamp Foetus
His mouth will taste of wormwood andother stories
Eros vampire
Guilty but Insane
Contes de la fée verte
Seed of Lost Souls
Sang d'encre
The Lazarus Heart
Penis Is as Penis Does
Coupable
The Crow The Lazarus Heart
Self-made man
Plastic Jésus
La belle rouge
Ames perdues
Swamp Foetus: A Collection of Short Stories
Éros vampire
El arte más íntimo
Peter Berresford Ellis
Peter Berresford Ellis (born 1943)

historian, literary critic, biographer

  • University of East London, University of London

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Flight or Fright
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
The Vampire Archives
Shadows over Innsmouth
The Morgow rises!
Aisling and Other Irish Tales of Terror
Angelus!
Swamp
Snowbeast!
Kiss of the Cobra
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Murder in Baker Street
The Spider's Web
Whispers of the Dead
The Subtle Serpent
Hemlock at Vespers
Absolution by Murder
The Haunted Abbot
The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends
A history of the Irish working class
Act of Mercy
The Cornish language and its literature
Suffer Little Children
The Rising of the Moon
Dancing With Demons
A dictionary of Irish mythology
H. Rider Haggard
Celt and Roman
The Monk Who Vanished
Erin's blood royal
The Leper's Bell
Badger's Moon
Valley of the Shadow
Smoke in the Wind
The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures
Shroud for the Archbishop
A Prayer for the Damned
The Celts
Dictionary of Celtic mythology
The Druids
The Council of the Cursed
Our Lady of Darkness
A brief history of the Druids
The Dove of Death
Celt and Greek
Behold a Pale Horse
The Celtic revolution
Celtic Women
Penance of the Damned
The Celtic Dawn
Eyewitness to Irish history
By Jove, Biggles!
The Ants
The Ancient World of the Celts (Celtic Interest)
Caesar's Invasion of Britain
The Celtic Empire
Celtic inheritance
The Cornish saints
The Scottish Insurrection of 1820
The Boyne Water
A Brief History of the Celts
Master of Souls
Beeston Castle, Cheshire
The Shapeshifter's Lair
The Revenge of Dracula
James Connolly
The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends
Hell or Connaught!
Dracula Unborn
Macbeth
The Book of Deer
Celt and Saxon
Biggles!
The Great Fire of London
The Chronicles of the Celts
The Seventh Trumpet
The Chalice of Blood
Atonement of blood
An ensuing evil and others
The Story of the Cornish Language
Une Lune de Sang
The last adventurer
Bloodmoon
Bloodright
Kitchener's Gold
A guide to early Celtic remains in Britain
Raven of destiny
Wales—a nation again
The fires of Lan-Kern
The Radical Rising
The Destroyers of Lan-Kern
Night of the Lightbringer
The Second Death
The Valkyrie directive
Scotland not only free but Gaelic
DRACULA LIVES - Book (1) (i) One: Dracula Unborn; Book (2) (ii) Two: The Revenge of Dracula; Book (3) (iii) Three
The devil's seal
The creed of the Celtic revolution
Orangeism
Champion Trees
The curse of Loch Ness
Death of a Heretic
Fireball
The Judas Battalion
The Un-Dead
The liberty tree
Zombie!
Creeper's Secret War
Airship
Irish Masters of Fantasy
Spiteful Shadow
Blood in Eden
The Doomsday Decree
Publishing in the Welsh language today
Trollnight
My Lady of Hy-Brasil
The Windsor Protocol
Nicor!
Revisionism in Irish historical writing
The Pilgrim of Hate
The Vengeance of She
The confession
The House of Death
The problem of language revival
The buccaneers of Lan-Kern
HOUND OF FRANKENSTEIN
Islands of Shadows
Ravenmoon
Made for Murders : a Collection of Twelve Shakespearean Mysteries
Bloodmist
Wondersmith
Celtic Myths and Legends
Sister Fidelma Novels, 1-3
Gwels Nownek Ha Hwedhlow Erell
A New Book of Rights; Being a complete transcript of the legal verdicts handed down by the courts of the Republic of Italy concerning the heraldic rights, ... de la Floresta, Castile & Leon King of Arms
The Return of Raffles
Revenge of the Stormbringer
Dracula, My Love
Li an Sows
Marjorie Bowen
Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952)

biographer

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Devil Snar'd
Kecksies and other twilight tales
Reinas del Abismo
Patriotic lady
Dickon
So evil my love
The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories
Wrestling Jacob
Defender of the faith
The angel of the assassination
For God and the king
The Governor of England
Peter Porcupine
Designing with dye resists, batik and tie-and-dye
Blanche Fury
The lady and the arsenic
"William, by the grace of God"--
The Spectral Bride
The soldier of Virginia
I will maintain
The Viper of Milan
The lady and the arsenic
The scandal of Sophie Dawes
I will maintain
Kings-at-arms
Ferriby
Black Magic
Patriotic Lady
The life of John Knox
The angel of the assassination
Dark Rosaleen
Child of chequer'd fortune
The golden violet
Sundry Great Gentlemen
The debate continues
My grimmest nightmare
This Shining Woman
The spider in the cup
The burning glass
The sword decides
Mary Queen of Scots
Spider in the Cup
The life of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones
William Prince of Orange
Brave employments
Wrestling Jacob
House Of Sorrows
Mary Queen of Scots, daughter of debate
So evil my love
In the steps of Mary, Queen of Scots
The glen o'weeping
Prince and heretic
House by the Poppy Field
Black Magic
Black magic
The Master of Stair
The Governor of England
Master of Stair
Shadows of yesterday
Kings-At-Arms
Black Magic
Brave employments
WRESTLING JACOB a study of the life of John Wesley and some members of the family
Third Estate
The viper of Milan
Julia Ballantyne
Collected Twilight Stories
The angel of the assassination; Marie-Charlotte de Corday d'Armont, Jean-Paul Marat, Jean-Adam Lux; a study of three disciples of Jean-Jacque Rousseau
So evil my love
The glen o'weeping
Peter Porcupine
In the Steps of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Collected Twilight Stories - 18 Twilight tales
Master of Stair
The Burning Glass
'MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS'
Black Magic
Defender of the Faith
Carnival of Florence
Exits and farewells
Bishop of Hell and Other Stories (Monster, She Wrote)
Patriotic lady,
The Carnival of Florence
The spectral bride
The Poisoners
Trumpets at Rome
The strange case of Lucile Cléry
Pale Rose
Black Magic
Viper of Milan
Queen's Caprice
William, by the Grace of God
Luctor et emergo : being an historial essay on the state of England at the Peace of Ryswyck, 1697
The soldier from Virginia
Master of Stair
Black Magic - A Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist
Kings-At-Arms
Moss rose
Kings-At-Arms
The Quest of Glory
Mr. Washington
William Hogarth
WRESTLING JACOB, A Study of the Life of John Wesley and Some Members of the Family
The Soldier from Virginia
Glen O'weeping
Knight of Spain
Ethics in modern art
Nell Gwyn
The lady and the arsenic
Dark Rosaleen
The Trumpet And The Swan An Adventure Of The Civil War
The soldier from Virginia
Rake's Progress
The Governor of England
Master of Stair Illustrated
Peter Porcupine
Prince and Heretic (Esprios Classics)
The rake's progress
Sundry great gentlemen;
Governor of England
Mary, queen of Scots
The Viper of Milan
Forget-me-not
God and the king
Forget-Me-Not
God and the King
Viper of Milan
Carnival of Florence
Boundless Waters
Crown Derby Plate
Airing in a closed carriage
Blanche Fury
The viper of Milan
Mr. Misfortunate
Dark Rosaleen
King at Arms
Lucile Cléry, a woman of intrigue
Double dalliday
Prince and Heretic
The burning glass
I Will Maintain
Twilight and Other Supernatural Romances
Mr. Misfortunate
Sundry Great Gentlemen; Some Essays in Historical Biography
Mignonette
Blanche Fury, or, Fury's ape
God's Playthings
Captain Banner
The Master of Stair
The Governor of England
THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL PROGRESS (THE THINKERS LIBRARY NO 105)
The poisoners
World's wonder
The Burning Glass
The life of John Knox
The Rocklitz
King's Favourite
Brave employments
Mary, queen of Scots, daughter of debate
Patriotic lady
Sundry great gentlemen
The glen o' weeping
The story of the Temple and its associations
The angel of the assassination
The veil'd delight
Forget-me-not
William Hogarth
Crowns and sceptres
Mr. Misfortune
The man with the scales
The cheats
Patriotic lady
The golden violet
Sundry great gentlemen
The third Mary Stuart
Eugénie
Aunt Beardie
The third estate
William Prince of Orange, afterwards King of England
Wrestling Jacob
"Because of these things ..."
William, Prince of Orange
The pagoda =
Crimes of old London
Exits and farewells
I dwelt in high places
The life of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones
Mr. Tyler's saints
The trumpet and the swan
A family comedy (1840)
The carnival of Florence
Julia Ballantyne
Moss Rose
General Crack
The church and social progress
Holland
William, by the grace of God
Mignonette
God and the king
Dickon
The leopard and the lily
Some famous love letters
The third Mary Stuart, Mary of York, Orange & England
Laura Sarelle ..
The glen o' weeping
The Countess Fanny
The Master of Stair
The quest of glory
"Luctor et emergo"
I will maintain
Peter Porcupine
Sheep's-head & Babylon
Prince and heretic
Ethics in modern art
God and the wedding dress
In the steps of Mary,Queen of Scots
In the steps of Mary,Queen of Scots
World's wonder and other essays
The circle in the water
The third Mary Stuart
William Hogarth
The Governor of England
Dark Rosaleen
The burning glass
The bishop of hell
Mary, queen of Scots
Black magic
The Netherlands display'd
Nell Gwyn
Mary, Queen of Scots
The scandal of Sophie Dawes
World's wonder and other essays
The Bishop of Hell, and other stories
God and the wedding dress
The life of John Knox
The cheats
Mary, queen of Scots, daughter of debate
The bishop of hell
Blanche Fury, or, Fury's ape
William Hogarth, the cockney's mirror
Holland
"Because of these things ..."
The viper of Milan
The English paragon
Stinging nettles
Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith (1887-1960)

biographer, diarist, secretary

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Married to Tolstoy
Diaries, 1915-1918
The black cap
Portrait of Barrie
Portrait of Barrie
Diaries
Portrait of Barrie
My grimmest nightmare
The third ghost book
Haply I may remember
Remember and be glad
The Duchess of York
Corner Shop
the corner shop
God save the King
One Sparkling Wave
The treasure ship
The King's daughters
Queen Elizabeth; her intimate and authentic life story from child hood up till to-day [Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]
The Ghost book
The Second ghost book
Diaries 1915-1918 [by] Lady Cynthia Asquith
Remember and Be Glad
The second ghost book
The child at home
Not long for this world
Diaries 1915-18
The Second Ghost Book
The Princess Elizabeth gift book
Haply I May Remember
Her Majesty, the Queen
the corner shop
The Treasure Ship
Lady Cynthia Asquith Diaries 1915-1918
The Children's ship
The funny bone
Shudders
Lady Cynthia Asquith Diaries 1915-1918
The ghost-book
Diaries
A book of modern ghosts
The Flying Carpet - [Contributors Include; Thomas Hardy, Alfred Noyes, Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by T. Heath Robinson and Ernest H. Shepard]
Portrait of Barrie
Queen Elizabeth
"The silver ship"
Thomas Hardy at Max Gate
The Family Life Of Queen Elizabeth
The family life of Queen Elizabeth
Diaries 1915-1918
The Third Ghost Book
The Spring house
The Flying carpet
The third ghost book
The treasure cave
The King's daughters
Remember and be glad
Diaries 1915-1918 [by] Lady Cynthia Asquith
Schrecksekunden
New tales of humour
She walks in beauty
Remember and be glad
New tales of humor by leading authors
Sails of gold
Diaries 1915-1918 [by] Lady Cynthia Asquith
This mortal coil
Sonia Greene
Sonia Greene (1883-1972)

autobiographer

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Arthur Calder-Marshall
Arthur Calder-Marshall (1908-1992)

biographer, opinion journalist

  • University of Oxford

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The two duchesses
Lone wolf
Arthur Calder-Marshall's Lewd, blasphemous & obscene
Prepare to shed them now
The fair to middling
The enthusiast
The magic of my youth
The innocent eye
The way to Santiago
About Levy
A pink doll
The Pan Jack London
A crime against Cania
The Sage of sex
The watershed
The grand century of the lady
Havelock Ellis
The book front
The Scarlet boy
Two of a kind
Dead centre
Challenge to schools
Tobias Smollett
The man from Devil's Island
Challenge to schools
Occasion of glory, a novel
Jack London, Volume IV
Havelock Ellis
No earthly command
The changing scene
The sage of sex
The Ballads of George R Simes - Prepare to Shed Them Now
No earthly command
Glory dead ..
The Bodley Head Jack London Volume Four
The changing scene
No Earthly Command
The Bodley Head Jack London Volume II
Wish you were here
Occasion of glory
At sea, a novel
A man reprieved
The Scarlet boy
Wish you were here
The magic of my youth
Occasion of glory
Season of goodwill
At sea
Denys Val Baker
Denys Val Baker (1917-1984)

journalist, autobiographer, editor

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Stories of fear
Stories of horror and suspense
Haunted Cornwall
Women writing
Britain's art colony by the sea
A view from Land's End
Spring at Land's End
All this and Cornwall too
Women Writing
Down a Cornish lane
A long way to Land's End
A family for all seasons
The face in the mirror
Bizarre loves
Summer at the mill
The wind blows from the West
A summer to remember
Strange possession
One summer at St. Merry
The waterwheel turns
Rose, a novel of Cornwall
A family at sea
The mill in the valley
Little reviews, 1914-1943
The spirit of Cornwall
Karenza
Adventures before fifty
Passenger to Penzance
Barbican's end
The tenant and other stories
The Minack Theatre
A view from the valley
When Cornish skies are smiling
The young potter
At the sea's edge, and other stories
A work of art and other stories
The woman and the engine driver
Sunset over the Scillies
Upstream at the mill
An old mill by the stream
The house on the creek, and other stories of Cornwall
As the stream flows by
To sea with 'Sanu'
Modern British writing
Stories of Horror and Suspense. An anthology
Life up the creek
Family circles
The petrified mariner
Martin's cottage
The waterwheel turns
Writers of to-day
The timeless land
My Cornish world
Little reviews anthology, 1949
Barbican's End
The Love-Makers
Stories of the night
To sea with "Sanu"
The secret place, and other Cornish stories
The Sea's in the Kitchen
Strange fulfillment
We'll go round the world tomorrow
Twelve stories by famous women writers
Don't lose your cool, Dad
As the river flows
How to be an author
The girl in the photograph
Pottery today
Thomasina's island
A journey with love
An old mill by the stream
Cornish prelude
Echoes from the Cornish cliffs
Company of three
The white rock
At the Rainbow's End
Stories of the night
Karenza
The flame swallower
The return of Uncle Walter, and other stories
One and all
Stories of the supernatural
Worlds without end
Cornish short stories
Pottery today
Personal choice
Cornish Craftsmen
White rock
Haunted Cornwall
Stories of the occult, and othertales of mystery
Stories of the macabre
Stories of country life
Widening mirror
The Young Potter
The Sea-survivors
We'll go round the world tomorrow
More we are together
Ghosts in country villages
The faces of love
Frances
The spirit of Cornwall
A family at sea
The door is always open
A work of art
Writers of to-day
The house on the creek, and other stories of Cornwall
When Churchyards Yawn
Let's Make Pottery (Observer's Guides)
The strange and the damned
Cornwall for the Cornish
Writers of today
A man passed by
The tenant
Women writing : an anthology
Writers of to-day
The parcel
Britain discovers herself
Something special
Writers of to-day
My favourite story
Ghosts in country houses
Writers of to-day
Women writing
Pottery today
Strange possession
Phantom lovers
The sea survivors
Cornish ghost stories
Cornish harvest
Modern British writing
The Dreams of love
How to be an author