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I was educated at Oxford University where I read English at Magdalen. I've written about books and film for 20 years, at one point writing three weekly columns for The Independent newspaper. I've written an opera libretto, performed at the Almeida Theatre in 1993, and a wrote a book of poetry when I was a student. I was for two years the UK London correspondent for the Zagat food guides. 'Ghosts' is a return to a subject that fascinated me as a child. ...more

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Roger Clarke I know it's a cliche but this really is the book I always wanted to write! I was obsessed with ghost stories as a kid and grew up in not one but TWO h…moreI know it's a cliche but this really is the book I always wanted to write! I was obsessed with ghost stories as a kid and grew up in not one but TWO haunted houses. From the age of about 8 I became an expert on the subject and by the time I was 14 was corresponding with the most famous ghost hunters of 1970's England and even getting mentioned in their books. I joined the Society for Psychical Research at that point too, in the days you had to be proposed and seconded for this very august Victorian institution. When I went to university I considered my interest in ghosts suddenly rather an embarrassment, a kind of intellectual failure. It wasn't until I reached my forties and there was new interest in some of the ghost stories I wrote back then that i decided to revisit the whole subject after a gap of 40 years.(less)

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Dear Roger, I've found a reference in Andrew Wilson's biography, Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith, which mentions a Roger Clarke (now a writer and journalist). Is this you? If so, I'd love to contact you. I'm researching Highsmith for my PhD, and will be running an academic conference in September which Andrew Wilson and Jill Dawson are both attending. Sally Jones. moneypenny82@live.co.uk

Roger Clarke Yes it is indeed me! I'll send you an email... R…moreYes it is indeed me! I'll send you an email... R(less)

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	Ghosts: A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof 3.54 avg rating — 1,292 ratings — published 2012 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Natural History of Ghosts by Clarke Roger (2013-11-26) Paperback 3.51 avg rating — 79 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Story of the Scene: The inside scoop on famous moments in film 3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 22nd Pan Book of Horror Stories by Herbert van Thal (Editor), Elsie Karbacz, Roger Clarke (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 14th Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories by Mary Danby (Editor), Ken Burke, Dorothy K. Haynes 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rites of Spring Writing London: New Writing from London by Roger Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Pauline Melville (Contributor), Ardashir Vakil (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“People don’t want the debunk, they want the bunk,’ Price once noted, a trifle acidly. He”
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