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Jan 1, 1926 — —· 100 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION

Gene Kemp

Also known as: Gene. Kemp, Gene KEMP

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Gene Kemp née Rushton (27 December 1926 – 4 January 2015) was an English author known for children's books. Her first, The Prime of Tamworth Pig, appeared in 1972. She won the British Carnegie Medal for her school novel The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler (1977).

Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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IT WAS SUMMER, a hot day.

— from Ghost Stories, 1999

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Matty's midnight monster

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To save her toy animal friends, Matty finds the courage to conquer her fear and face down the monster in her bedroom in the middle of the night.

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No way out

1980

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Lucy's problem wouldn't go away Bad enough that Celia, her identical twin, had jeopardized her marriage by having a brief holiday affair. Worse, she had used Lucy's name. To protect Celia, Lucy had reluctantly pretended to be the ' girl Daniel Stewart had romanced in Cyprus. But trying to discourage the charming Daniel and send him packing proved difficult. For once he had found his "Lucy" again, he insisted on remaining a part of her life!

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Ghost Stories

1999

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An exciting collection of tales from the twilight world of haunted houses and hair-raising spectres is contained in this spine-chilling anthology. Includes: THE RIDDLE | Walter de la Mare THE MONKEY'S PAW | W. W. Jacobs A TOUGH TUSSLE | Ambrose Bierce THROUGH THE DOOR (from The Phantom Roundabout and Other Ghostly Stories) | Ruth Ainsworth A PAIR OF HANDS | Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE | E. Nesbit KROGER'S CHOICE | John Gordon MANY COLOURED GLASS (from Young Winter's Tales) | Lucy M. Boston THE CLOCK TOWER GHOST (from The Clock Tower Ghost) | Gene Kemp THE BROWN HAND | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE GORGE OF THE CHURELS | H. Russell Wakefield [THE TELL-TALE HEART]( | Edgar Allan Poe A KIND OF SWAN SONG | Helen Cresswell THE HAUNTED TRAILER | Robert Arthur THE STRANGER | Ambrose Bierce THE HAUNTED DOLL'S HOUSE | M. R. James THE [Landlady]( (from Kiss Kiss) | Roald Dahl BAD COMPANY | Walter de la Mare THE YELLOW CAT | Michael Joseph THE WOOING OF CHERRY BASNETT | Brian Alderson EXPIATION | E. F. Benson THE SHADOW-CAGE (from The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural) | Philippa Pearce THE MORTAL | Oliver Onions TEA AND EMPATHY | Paul Dorrell LAURA | Saki THE RED ROOM | H. G. Wells THE WELL | W. W. Jacobs THE SWAN CHILD (from A Whisper in the Night) | Joan Aiken

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