Oliver Onions

Onions, Oliver

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George Oliver Onions was born on 13 November 1873 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK, of humble parents. He studied art for three years in London at the National Arts Training Schools (now the Royal College of Art). His interests were motoring and science; and he was also an amateur boxer as a young man. On 1909, he married the also writer Berta Ruck (1878-1978), and they had two sons, Arthur (b. 1912) and William (b. 1913). On 1918, legally changed his name to George Oliver, but continued to publish under the name Oliver Onions. He died on 9 April 1961 in Aberystwyth, Wales. Originally trained as a commercial artist, Oliver worked as a designer of posters and books, and as a magazine illustrator during the Boer War. Encouraged by the American writer Gelett Burgess, he began writing fiction. The first editions of Oliver Onions's novels were published with dust jackets bearing full-colour illustrations painted by himself. He wrote detective fiction, social comedy, historical fiction and romance novels. But, he is best known for his supernatural and fantasy short-stories and is regarded by many as one of the twentieth century masters of the genre. Interestingly, he was a great pragmatist and did not believe in ghosts or occult agencies of any sort. It is therefore testament to his writing skills that he so convincingly conveys supernatural atmosphere and events.

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Whom God hath sundered
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Inhabited
Representative edition published 2019
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Ghostly
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Mushroom town
Representative edition published 2014
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The Dead Of Night The Ghost Stories Of Oliver Onions
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The beckoning fair one
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The Accident
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Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions
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The Dark Descent
Representative edition published 1997
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Ghost Stories
Representative edition published 1987
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Widdershins
Representative edition published 1976
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Arras of youth
Representative edition published 1973
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The debit account
Representative edition published 1973
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The collected ghost stories of Oliver Onions
Representative edition published 1971
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Catalan circus
Representative edition published 1969
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The story of Ragged Robyn
Representative edition published 1969
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The hand of Kornelius Voyt.
Representative edition published 1969
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In accordance with the evidence
Representative edition published 1968
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Bells rung backwards
Representative edition published 1953
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Poor man's tapestry
Representative edition published 1946
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The open secret
Representative edition published 1930
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Ghosts in Daylight
Representative edition published 1924
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Peace in our time
Representative edition published 1923
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The tower of oblivion
Representative edition published 1921
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