Peter Haining (1940–2007)
Author of The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy
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The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook: Fifty years of occasional articles, newspaper cuttings, letters, memoirs, anecdotes,… (1973) — Editor — 245 copies
The Leprechaun's Kingdom: The Irish World of Banshees, Fairies, Demons, Giants, Monsters, Mermaids, Phoukas,… (1979) 103 copies
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972) — Editor — 81 copies
Weird Tales : a selection in facsimile, of the best from the world's most famous fantasy magazine (1976) — Editor — 78 copies
Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972) — Editor — 70 copies
The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies (1967) — Editor — 28 copies
The Golden Age of Crime Fiction: The Authors, the Artists and Their Creations from 1920 to 1950 (2013) 27 copies
Weird Tales: A Facsimile of the World's Most Famous Fantasy Magazine: v. 1 (1978) — Editor — 27 copies
Movable books : an illustrated history : pages & pictures of folding, revolving, dissolving, mechanical, scenic,… (1979) 18 copies
Where the Eagle Landed: The Mystery of the German Invasion of Britain, 1940 (World War II Stories) (2004) 17 copies
The Edgar Allan Poe scrapbook: Articles, essays, letters, anecdotes, illustrations, photographs, and memorabilia about… (1656) — Editor — 17 copies
The Jail that Went to Sea: An Untold Story of the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-42 (World War II Stories) (2003) 15 copies
The Banzai Hunters: The Forgotten Armada of Little Ships That Defeated the Japanese, 1944-45 (World War II Stories) (1707) 14 copies
The Complete Maigret: From Simenon's Original Novels to Granada's Much Acclaimed TV Series (1993) 12 copies
The Witchcraft Papers: Contemporary Records of the Witchcraft Hysteria in Essex, 1560-1700 (1974) 11 copies
The Mystery of Rommel's Gold: The Search for the Legendary Nazi Treasure (World War II Stories Series) (1707) 10 copies
The Spitfire Log: A 50th Anniversary Tribute to the World's Most Famous Fighter Plane (1985) 9 copies
The Chianti Raiders: The Extraordinary Story of the Italian Air Force in the Battle of Britain (2005) 8 copies
Hashish Club: Anthology of Drug Literature: The Psychedelic Era from Huxley to Lennon v. 2 (1975) 6 copies
The Flying Bomb War: Contemporary Eyewitness Accounts of the German V1 and V2 Raids on Britain 1942-1945 (2002) 5 copies
Mords- Cocktails. Sonderausgabe. Die hinterhältigsten Giftmorde der Krimi- Weltliteratur (1996) 3 copies
The Hashish Club : an anthology of drug literature: Volume One: The Founding of the Modern tradition: From Coleridge to… (1975) 2 copies
Millemondi Inverno 1998: La macchina che uccide — Editor — 1 copy
A Figment in Time 1 copy
Anyone for Murder? 1 copy
The Ghouls 1 copy
The Midnight People 1 copy
Great Irish Humor 1 copy
The Lucifer Society 1 copy
Magia negra e feiticaria 1 copy
The Theories Of The Experts 1 copy
Phantoms Of The World 1 copy
Chronology For 1900–2000 1 copy
The midnight penthouse 1 copy
Cults (Evil) 1 copy
Marsbound 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Haining, Peter Alexander
- Other names
- Alexander, Ric
Peyton, Richard
Pattrick, William
Richards, Sean - Birthdate
- 1940-04-02
- Date of death
- 2007-11-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
- Place of death
- Boxford, Suffolk, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Suffolk, England, UK
London, England, UK - Occupations
- journalist
anthologist
publishing
author - Awards and honors
- British Fantasy Society, Karl Edward Wagner Award (2001)
- Short biography
- Peter Alexander Haining was a British journalist, author and anthologist who lived and worked in Suffolk. Born in Enfield, Middlesex, he began his career as a reporter in Essex and then moved to London where he worked on a trade magazine before joining the publishing house of New English Library. Haining achieved the position of Editorial Director before becoming a full time writer in the early Seventies.
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