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{{Infobox writer | name = Betty Ren Wright | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|06|15}} | birth_place = Wakefield, Michigan, USA | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|12|31|1927|06|15}} | death_place = Racine, Wisconsin, USA | occupation = Writer | nationality = American | period = 1981–2013 (novels) | genre = Children's fiction, chiefly ghost stories; picture book stories | subject = | movement = | notableworks = {{plainlist|- Christina's Ghost
- The Dollhouse Murders
}} | spouse = {{marriage|George A. Frederiksen|1976|}} | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = }}Betty Ren Wright (June 15, 1927 – December 31, 2013)[ 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]] 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
- 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)
- The Ghost of Ernie P (1990)
- The Midnight Mystery (1991)
- The Scariest Night (1991)
- A Ghost in the House, Part 2 (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
- Roundabout Train (1958)
- I Want to Read (1965)
- Rodger's Upside Down Day (1979)
- I Like Being Alone (1981)
- The Time Machine (1981)
- Pet Detectives (1999)
- The Blizzard (2003)
- Rackety-Boom{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
- Johnny Go Round
Short Stories The Invisible Cat (1958) Alfred Hitchcock's Magazine References 1. ^1 2 {{Cite web |url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/betty-ren-wright-0 |title=Betty Ren Wright |accessdate=2010-03-22 |publisher=Scholastic Teachers (scholastic.com/teachers) }} "Biography" with linked "List of books".
[1] }} External links - Obituary in School Library Journal
- Interview by publisher Holiday House
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- {{LCAuth|n80046362|Betty Ren Wright|57|}} (including 9 "from old catalog")
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