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Informationen zum Autor Susan Hill was born in Scarborough in 1942, and educated at grammar schools there and in Coventry. She read English at King's College, London, of which she is now a Fellow. As well as I'm the King of the Castle , her novels include Strange Meeting , The Bird of Night , In the Springtime of the Year , Air and Angels , The Service of Clouds , The Various Haunts of Men , The Pure in Heart , The Rise of Darkness , The Beacon , The Vows of Silence and The Small Hand . She has written several volumes of short stories, including A Bit of Singing and Dancing ; two ghost novels, The Woman in Black and The Mist in the Mirror ; and a number of stories for children. Her autobiographical books are The Magic Apple Tree and Family . She is married with two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk. Klappentext Susan Hill was born in Scarborough in 1942, and educated at grammar schools there and in Coventry. She read English at King's College, London, of which she is now a Fellow. As well as I'm the King of the Castle , her novels include Strange Meeting , The Bird of Night , In the Springtime of the Year , Air and Angels , The Service of Clouds , The Various Haunts of Men , The Pure in Heart , The Rise of Darkness , The Beacon , The Vows of Silence and The Small Hand . She has written several volumes of short stories, including A Bit of Singing and Dancing ; two ghost novels, The Woman in Black and The Mist in the Mirror ; and a number of stories for children. Her autobiographical books are The Magic Apple Tree and Family . She is married with two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk. Zusammenfassung 'I didn't want you to come here.' So says the note that the boy Edmund Hooper passes to Charles Kingshaw upon his arrival at Warings. But, young Kingshaw and his mother have come to live with Hooper and his father in the ugly, isolated Victorian house for good....
