Oliver Onions

Oliver Onions
BornGeorge Oliver Onions
(1873-11-13)13 November 1873
Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died9 April 1961(1961-04-09) (aged 87)
Aberystwyth, Wales
Pen nameOliver Onions
OccupationNovelist
GenreDetective fiction, ghost stories, romance novels, historical fiction
SpouseBerta Ruck (1909–1961)
Children2

George Oliver Onions[1] (13 November 1873 – 9 April 1961), who published under the name Oliver Onions, was an English writer of short stories and novels. He wrote in various genres, but is perhaps best remembered for his ghost stories, notably the collection Widdershins and the widely anthologized novella "The Beckoning Fair One". He was married to the novelist Berta Ruck.

  1. ^ Pronounced by his family as in the vegetable, not oh-NY-ons. See Twentieth Century Authors, 1950.

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