Rosemary Kenyon Timperley was born in Crouch End, North London on March20, 1920. Her father, George Kenyon Timperley, was an architect and her mother, Emily Mary(nee Lethem), was a teacher. Rosemary Timperley was educated at Hornsey High School andKing's College, London University, where she achieved a B.A. Honours degree in History.After her graduation in 1941, Timperley began a spell as a teacher of English and Historyat South-East Essex County Technical School in Dagenham, Essex.
Novels
The Haunted Garden (1966)
Washers-up (1968)
The Cat-Walk (1969)
Doctor Z (1970)
Mask Shop (1970)
House of Secrets (1971)
Walk to San Michele (1971)
Summer Visitors (1971)
Passionate Marriage (1972)
The Long Black Dress (1972)
Shadows in the Park (1973)
Journey with Doctor Godley (1973)
Echo-game (1973)
Juliet (1974)
White Zig-zag Path (1974)
Ali and Little Camel (1975)
Private Prisoners (1975)
Egyptian Woman (1976)
The Stranger (1976)
The Man with the Beard (1977)
The Devil of the Lake (1977)
The Phantom Husband (1977)
The Nameless One (1978)
Syrilla Black (1978)
Suspicion (1978)
The Secretary (1979)
Justin and the Witch (1979)
Miss X (1980)
The House of Mad Children (1980)
Homeward Bound (1980)
That Year at the Office (1981)
The Spell of the Hanged Man (1981)
Secret Dancer (1981)
Face in the Leaves (1982)
Night Talk (1982)
Chidori's Room (1983)
The Office Party and After (1984)
Love and Death (1985)
Tunnel of Shadows (1986)
The Wife's Tale (1986)
After School Hours (1987)
Inside (1988)
Shadow on the Roof (1989)
Washers-up (1968)
The Cat-Walk (1969)
Doctor Z (1970)
Mask Shop (1970)
House of Secrets (1971)
Walk to San Michele (1971)
Summer Visitors (1971)
Passionate Marriage (1972)
The Long Black Dress (1972)
Shadows in the Park (1973)
Journey with Doctor Godley (1973)
Echo-game (1973)
Juliet (1974)
White Zig-zag Path (1974)
Ali and Little Camel (1975)
Private Prisoners (1975)
Egyptian Woman (1976)
The Stranger (1976)
The Man with the Beard (1977)
The Devil of the Lake (1977)
The Phantom Husband (1977)
The Nameless One (1978)
Syrilla Black (1978)
Suspicion (1978)
The Secretary (1979)
Justin and the Witch (1979)
Miss X (1980)
The House of Mad Children (1980)
Homeward Bound (1980)
That Year at the Office (1981)
The Spell of the Hanged Man (1981)
Secret Dancer (1981)
Face in the Leaves (1982)
Night Talk (1982)
Chidori's Room (1983)
The Office Party and After (1984)
Love and Death (1985)
Tunnel of Shadows (1986)
The Wife's Tale (1986)
After School Hours (1987)
Inside (1988)
Shadow on the Roof (1989)
Collections
Anthologies edited
The 5th Ghost Book (1969)
The 6th Ghost Book Book 1 (1970)
The 6th Ghost Book Book 2 (1970)
The 7th Ghost Book (1971)
The 8th Ghost Book (1972)
The 9th Ghost Book (1973)
The 6th Ghost Book Book 1 (1970)
The 6th Ghost Book Book 2 (1970)
The 7th Ghost Book (1971)
The 8th Ghost Book (1972)
The 9th Ghost Book (1973)
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Rosemary Timperley
The Second Ghost Book (1952)
The 3rd Ghost Book (1955)
The 4th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1963)
The 4th Ghost Book (1965)
The 7th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1966)
The 5th Ghost Book (1969)
The 10th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1969)
Tandem Horror Three (1969)
The 6th Ghost Book Book 2 (1970)
New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural Volume 2 (1971)
The 12th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1971)
London Tales of Terror (1972)
The Year's Best Horror Stories II (1972)
The 8th Ghost Book (1972)
The 10th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1974)
Tales of Unknown Horror (1974)
The 9th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1975)
Armada Sci1Fi (1975)
The 12th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1976)
Gaslight Tales of Terror (1976)
The 13th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1977)
The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1977)
The 11th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1978)
The 19th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1978)
The 14th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1978)
More Tales of Unknown Horror (1979)
The 20th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1979)
The 15th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1979)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories (1980)
New Tales of Terror (1980)
The 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories (1982)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Haunting Women (1988)
The 3rd Ghost Book (1955)
The 4th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1963)
The 4th Ghost Book (1965)
The 7th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1966)
The 5th Ghost Book (1969)
The 10th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1969)
Tandem Horror Three (1969)
The 6th Ghost Book Book 2 (1970)
New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural Volume 2 (1971)
The 12th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1971)
London Tales of Terror (1972)
The Year's Best Horror Stories II (1972)
The 8th Ghost Book (1972)
The 10th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1974)
Tales of Unknown Horror (1974)
The 9th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1975)
Armada Sci1Fi (1975)
The 12th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1976)
Gaslight Tales of Terror (1976)
The 13th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1977)
The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1977)
The 11th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1978)
The 19th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1978)
The 14th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1978)
More Tales of Unknown Horror (1979)
The 20th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1979)
The 15th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1979)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories (1980)
New Tales of Terror (1980)
The 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories (1982)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Haunting Women (1988)
Short stories
A Backwards Shadow | |||
The Bandaged Man | |||
Christmas Meeting | |||
The Mistress In Black | |||
On the Theatre Steps | |||
The Peg-Doll | |||
The Power Cut | |||
The Private Torture Chamber | |||
Rachel and Simon | |||
Street of the Blind Donkey | |||
Supper with Martha | |||
The Thug | |||
The Unknown Caller | |||
Walk on the Water | |||
What Happened To Sally? | |||
The Woman With the Mauve Face | |||
Harry (1955) | |||
Hell on Both Sides of the Gate (1962) | |||
The Ghosts in the Garden (1972) | |||
The Tunnel (1973) | |||
To Keep Him Company (1974) | |||
Mr Nobody (1975) | |||
From Another World (1976) | |||
The Maid, the Madman and the Knife (1976) | |||
The Man with the Flute (1977) | |||
The Eye of the Mandala (1978) | |||
Masks and Voices (1978) | |||
The Deathly Silence (1979) | |||
No Man Living So Tall... (1979) | |||
Some Travellers Return... (1980) |
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