Nationality British Genre Horror, mystery | Name Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes Role Author | |
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Occupation Novelist, short story writer Notable awards Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime AchievementBritish Fantasy Society Special Award Movies The Monster Club, From Beyond the Grave Books Great Ghost Stories, The Vampire Stories of, Frights and Fancies, Phantoms and Fiends, The King's Ghost Similar People Milton Subotsky, Roy Ward Baker, Kevin Connor, Peter Archer - Baron Arc | ||
Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (30 May 1919 – 20 March 2001) (a.k.a. Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes or R. Chetwynd-Hayes) was a British author, best known for his ghost and horror stories.
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Biography
His first published work was the science fiction novel The Man from the Bomb in 1959. He went on to publish many collections and ten other novels including The Grange, The Haunted Grange, And Love Survived and The Curse of the Snake God. He also edited over 20 anthologies. Several of his short works were adapted into anthology style movies in the United Kingdom, including The Monster Club and From Beyond the Grave. Chetwynd-Hayes' book The Monster Club contains references to a film-maker called Vinke Rocnnor, an anagram of Kevin Connor, the director of From Beyond the Grave.
Awards
He won the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement for 1988, and the British Fantasy Society Special Award in 1989.
Death
Chetwynd-Hayes died from bronchial pneumonia on 20 March 2001.