Betty Ren Wright (June 15, 1927 – December 31, 2013)^[1] was an American writer of children's fiction including Christina's Ghost, The Dollhouse Murders, The Ghosts Of Mercy Manor and A Ghost in The House.^[2][3]

Background

Wright lived in Kenosha, Wisconsin,^[2] with her husband, George A. Frederiksen, a painter. She also wrote several short stories such as Sweet remembrance and thirty-five picture books.

Works

Novels^[3]

• Getting Rid of Marjorie (1981)
• The Secret Window (1982)
• The Dollhouse Murders (1983)
• Ghosts Beneath Our Feet (1984)
• Christina's Ghost (1985); also published as The Ghosts in the Attic
• The Summer of Mrs. MacGregor (1986)
• A Ghost in the Window (1987); sequel to The Secret Window
• The Pike River Phantom (1988)
• Rosie and the Dance of the Dinosaurs (1989); also published as The Midnight Mystery
• The Ghost of Ernie P (1990)
• The Scariest Night (1991)
• A Ghost in the House (1991)
• The Ghost of Popcorn Hill (1993)
• The Ghosts of Mercy Manor (1993)
• The Ghost Witch (1993)
• The Ghost Comes Calling (1994)
• Out of the Dark (1995)
• Nothing But Trouble (1995)
• Haunted Summer (1996)
• Getting Rid of Katherine (1996)
• Too Many Secrets (1997)
• The Ghost in Room 11 (1997)
• A Ghost in the Family (1998)
• The Phantom of Five Chimneys (1998)
• The Moonlight Man (2000)
• The Wish Master (2000)
• Crandall's Castle (2003)
• Princess for a Week (2006)

Selected picture book stories^[3]

• The Yellow Cat (1952)
• Jim Jump (1954)
• Roundabout Train (1958)
• I Want to Read (1965)
• The Cat Who Stamped His Feet (1975)
• Rodger's Upside Down Day (1979)
• I Like Being Alone (1981)
• The Time Machine (1981)
• Pet Detectives (1999)
• The Blizzard (2003)
• Rackety-Boom (1953)^{[citation needed]}
• Johnny Go Round

Short Stories

The Invisible Cat (1958) Alfred Hitchcock's Magazine

References

External links

• Obituary in School Library Journal
• Interview by publisher Holiday House
• Betty Ren Wright at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Betty Ren Wright at Library of Congress, with 57 library catalog records (including 9 "from old catalog")