Ramsey Campbell

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born

in Liverpool, England, The United Kingdom

January 04, 1946

gender

male

website

http://www.ramseycampbell.com/

genre

Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

influences

Algernon Blackwood, Robert Bloch, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft

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John Ramsey Campbell is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today," while S. T. Joshi has said that "future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood."

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Ramsey Campbell's Books

Average rating: 3.94 · 34,230 ratings · 1,911 reviews · 365 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Hungry Moon 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Print 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alone With the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction, 1961-1991 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Images 3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doll Who Ate His Mother 3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 1976 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Face That Must Die by Ramsey Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite (Introduction), J.K. Potter (Photographs) 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 246 ratings — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Darkest Part of the Woods 3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight Sun 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grin of the Dark 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nazareth Hill: Gates of Hades 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“One way to avoid what has already been done is to be true to yourself.”
― Ramsey Campbell

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“Tradition is a pretty poor excuse for perpetrating stereotypes.”
― Ramsey Campbell

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“Leaves that rustled, twigs that scraped and rattled. But the thin shapes weren't falling, they were scurrying head first down the tree-trunks at a speed that seemed to leave time behind. Some of them had no shape they could have lived with, and some might never have had any skin. She saw their shriveled eyes glimmer eagerly and their toothless mouths gape with an identical infantile hunger. Their combined weight bowed the lowest branches while they extended arms like withered sticks to snatch the child. ("With The Angels")”
― Ramsey Campbell, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22

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