Johnny Dixon (series)


Johnny Dixon is a fictional American boy featured in a series of twelve children's gothic horror novels, 1983 to 1999, written by John Bellairs or his successor Brad Strickland. In each book, 13-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world. Alternatively, Johnny Dixon is the book series.
The series is set in the early 1950s. Johnny lives with his paternal grandparents in fictional Duston Heights, Massachusetts; his mother died of cancer some time prior to the beginning of the series, and his father is a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Johnny's best friend, history professor Roderick Childermass, lives across the street. In "The Mummy, the Will and the Crypt", Johnny meets a boy his own age, Byron Q. "Fergie" Ferguson, at a Boy Scout camp. Thenceforth, Johnny, Fergie, and Professor Childermass are the three principal characters of the series.

Novels in Johnny Dixon series

#TitleMonthYearChaptersPagesWriterIllustrator
01The Curse of the Blue FigurineMay198312200John BellairsEdward Gorey
02The Mummy, the Will, and the CryptNov198316168John BellairsEdward Gorey
03The Spell of the Sorcerer's SkullNov198411170John BellairsEdward Gorey
04The Revenge of the Wizard's GhostNov198515147John BellairsEdward Gorey
05The Eyes of the Killer RobotOct198617167John BellairsEdward Gorey
06The Trolley to YesterdayJul198918183John BellairsEdward Gorey
07The Chessmen of DoomNov198916155John BellairsEdward Gorey
08The Secret of the Underground RoomMar199013127John BellairsEdward Gorey
09The Drum, the Doll, and the ZombieSep199415153coauthorsEdward Gorey
10The Hand of the NecromancerSep199618168Brad StricklandEdward Gorey
11The Bell, the Book, and the SpellbinderOct199716149Brad StricklandEdward Gorey
12The Wrath of the Grinning GhostSep199915166Brad StricklandEdward Gorey