- Author: Rosemary Pardoe Author Record # 82933
- Birthplace: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Birthdate: 28 February 1951
- Language: English
- Webpages: Fancyclopedia 3, pardoes.info
- Used These Alternate Names: Mary Anne Allen, Mary Ann Allen, Ro Pardoe
- Note: Author was married to Darroll Pardoe
- Additional Biographical Data: Bio:Rosemary Pardoe
- Author Tags: M. R. James (1)
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Collections
- The Angry Dead (1986) [also as by Mary Ann Allen]
- Dark Horizons Magazine
- Dark Horizons - 1971 (1971)
- Dark Horizons - 1972 (1972)
- Ghosts & Scholars
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1979 (1979)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1980 (1980) [only as by uncredited]
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1981 (1981)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1982 (1982)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1983 (1983)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1984 (1984)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1985 (1985)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1986 (1986)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1987 (1987)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1988 (1988)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1989 (1989)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1990 (1990)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1991 (1991)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1992 (1992)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1993 (1993)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1994 (1994)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1995 (1995)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1996 (1996)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1997 (1997)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1998 (1998)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 1999 (1999)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 2000 (2000)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 2001 (2001)
- Ghosts & Scholars - 2019 (2019)
- "The Old Man on the Hill": English Hill Figures in Supernatural Fiction (2022)
- Saints & Relics (1983)
- A Graven Image and Other Essex Ghost Stories (1985)
- The Best of Ghosts & Scholars (1986)
- Ghosts and Scholars: Ghost Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James (1987) with Richard Dalby
- The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows (2012)
- The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows: Volume 2 (2014)
- The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows: Volume 3 (2016)
- The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Mazes (2020)
- The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Landscape Figures (2024)
- The Female Pope (1988) with Darroll Pardoe
- The James Gang: A Bibliography of Writers in the M.R. James Tradition (1991)
- Fritz Leiber's Our Lady of Darkness Annotations (2003) with John Howard [only as by John Howard and Ro Pardoe]
- Warnings to the Curious: A Sheaf of Criticism on M. R. James (2007) with S. T. Joshi
- Jane Bradshawe
- The Gravedigger and Death (1983) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- The Blue Boar of Totenhoe (1984) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- Hold Fast (1985) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- The Wandlebury Eyecatcher (1985) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- Joan (1983) [also as by Mary Ann Allen]
- The Hatchment (1984) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- Margaret and Catharine (1985) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- Ne Resurgat (1985) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- Annie and the Anchorite (1986) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- The Chauffeur (1986) [also as by Mary Ann Allen]
- The Cambridge Beast (1988) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
-
The Sheelagh-na-gig (1997)
also appeared as:
- Variant: The Sheelagh-na-gig (2000) [as by Mary Ann Allen]
- Variant: The Sheelagh-na-gig (2008) [as by Mary Anne Allen]
- The Lady and the Unicorn (2024) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- Jamesian Notes & Queries
- Schalken the Painting (1988)
- Some Thoughts on The Five Jars and "After Dark in the Playing Fields" (1990)
- M. R. James and Demonology (1993)
- Some Thoughts on M.R. James's World View (1993)
- Did M. R. James Believe in Ghosts? (1997)
- I've Seen It: 'A School Story' and the House in Berkeley Square (1999)
- Hercules and the Painted Cloth (2000)
- The Manuscript of "A Warning to the Curious" (2001)
- Notes on Stories by M. R. James
- The Ash-Tree (1989) with David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor and Ron Weighell [only as by Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor and Ron Weighell]
- Martin's Close (1990) with Roger Johnson and David G. Rowlands and Muriel Smith and John Alfred Taylor [only as by Roger Johnson and Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and Muriel Smith and John Alfred Taylor]
- The Residence at Westminster (1991) with David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor and Ron Weighell [only as by Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor and Ron Weighell]
- The Story of an Appearance and a Disappearance (1992) with David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor [only as by Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor]
- The Haunted Dolls' House (1993) with David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor [only as by Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor]
- A View from a Hill (1994) with David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor [only as by Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor]
- An Evening's Entertainment (1994) with Richard Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor
- After Dark in the Playing Fields (1995) with David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor [only as by Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor]
- The Wailing Well (1995) with David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor [only as by Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor]
- There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard (1995) with David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor [only as by Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor]
- Stories I Have Tried to Write (1996) with Tina Rath and David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor [only as by Rosemary Pardoe and Tina Rath and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor]
- Writers in the James Tradition
- 4 E.G. Swain (1985)
- 10 Arthur Gray (1991)
- Don't Knock Alan Garner (1971)
- A Checklist of the Works of "Monk" Lewis (1972)
- Letter (Shayol #4) (1980)
- The James List (Additions) (1980)
- The Unfinished Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1982)
- Ghost Stories of M. R. James: Read by Michael Hordern (1983)
- Introduction: Tales of Saints and Relics - A Selective Guide (Saints and Relics) (1983)
- The Manuscripts of M. R. James (1983)
- Introduction (A Graven Image and Other Essex Ghost Stories) (1985)
- More Ghost Stories by M. R. James read by Michael Nordern (1985)
- Introduction (The Best of Ghosts & Scholars) (1986)
- Review of As We Were by E. F. Benson (1986)
- In the Footsteps of M. R. James (1987) with Darroll Pardoe
- Introduction (Ghosts and Scholars: Ghost Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James) (1987) with Richard Dalby
- Review of "The River Runs Uphill" by Robert Aickman (1987)
- Brief Notes (Ghosts & Scholars, #10) (1988)
- Review of Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd (1988)
- Review of Suffolk and Norfolk by M. R. James (1988)
- The Demon in the Cathedral: A Jamesian Hoax (1989)
- Letter (Crypt of Cthulhu, St. John's Eve 1990) (1990)
- Introduction (Rollover Night) (1990)
- Afterword (The Living & the Dead) (1991) [only as by Mary Ann Allen]
- The James Gang (Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James) (1991)
- Editorial (Ghosts & Scholars, #15) (1993)
- Introduction (Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye) (1993) with Mark Valentine
- Afterword (Two Ghost Stories: A Centenary) (1993)
- Letter (All Hallows, June 1994) (1994)
- M. R. James and the Media (1995)
-
Our Lady of Darkness: A Jamesian Classic (1995)
also appeared as:
- Variant: "Our Lady of Darkness": A Jamesian Classic? (1995)
- The M. R. James Survey Results (1995)
- Letter (All Hallows, February 1995) (1995)
- The Second Ghost Story Convention (1995) with Simon MacCulloch
- Introduction (The Five Jars) (1995)
- Notes and Queries (All Hallows, June 1995) (1995) with Jane Colby and Richard Dalby and Paul Deighton and Katherine Haynes and Nigel Makepeace and Brian Morley and Barbara Roden
- Letter (All Hallows, October 1995) (1995) [only as by Ro Pardoe]
- Fritz Leiber's "The Button Molder": A Jamesian Story? (1996) [also as by Rosemary Pardoe]
-
Fritz Lieber's "Our Lady of Darkness" Annotations (1996)
with
John Howard
only appeared as:
- Variant: Fritz Leiber's "Our Lady of Darkness" Annotations (1996) [as by John Howard and Ro Pardoe]
- Jamesian News (Ghosts & Scholars, #22) (1996)
- Review of "A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M. R. James" (1996) [only as by Ro Pardoe]
- Letter (All Hallows, February 1996) (1996) [only as by Ro Pardoe]
- Notes and Queries (All Hallows, February 1996) (1996) with Frank Adey and Peter Coady and Ken Cowley and Robin Davies and Adriana Diaz Enciso and Rob Grano and Michael Pointon and C. D. Pollard and Allan Wright [only as by Frank Adey and Peter Coady and Ken Cowley and Robin Davies and Adriana Diaz Enciso and Rob Grano and Ro Pardoe and Michael Pointon and C. D. Pollard and Allan Wright]
- Letter (All Hallows, June 1996) (1996)
- James Gang Update (Ghosts & Scholars, #25) (1997)
- James Wilson's Secret (1997) with Jane Nicholls
- Jamesian News (Ghosts & Scholars, #23) (1997)
- Jamesian News (Ghosts & Scholars, #24) (1997)
- Jamesian News (Ghosts & Scholars, #25) (1997)
- Review of "'The Rules of Folklore' in the Ghost Stories of M. R. James" by Jacqueline Simpson (1997)
- Review of "Classic Short Stories: M. R. James" (1997)
- Review of "Nightmares of Puinch and Judy in Ruskin and M. R. James" by Roger Craik (1997)
- Letter (All Hallows, June 1997) (1997)
- Jamesian News (Ghosts & Scholars, #26) (1998)
- Jamesian Publishing News (Ghosts & Scholars, #27) (1998)
- Review of Radio Program: "The Late Book: Ghost Stories by M. R. James" (1998)
- The Black Pilgrimage (1998) with Jane Nicholls
- Jamesian News (Ghosts & Scholars, #29) (1999)
- M. R. James and The Testament of Solomon: Introduction (1999)
- The Old Woman of Berkeley (The Fenstanton Witch and Others) (1999)
- Introduction (The Fenstanton Witch and Others) (1999)
- Article Review: "M. R. James and Others" (2000)
- Ghosts & Scholars News (Ghosts & Scholars, #31) (2000)
- Jamesian News (Ghosts & Scholars, #30) (2000)
- Jamesian Publishing News (Ghosts & Scholars, #31) (2000)
- M. R. James News (Ghosts & Scholars, #31) (2000)
- Nares? (2000)
- Radio and Television Reviews (Ghosts & Scholars, #30) (2000)
- Scrying and the Horse-Demon (2000)
- The Future of "Ghosts & Scholars" (2000)
- Letter (All Hallows, October 2000) (2000)
- A Disappearance and an Appearance (2001)
- Jamesian Publishing News (Ghosts & Scholars, #32) (2001)
- Review of "Casting the Runes" and "Count Magnus" (2001)
- Review of "Great Livermere: A Parish with Ghosts" (2001)
- Review of "Supernatural Tales 1 & 2" (2001)
- The "Ghosts & Scholars" M. R. James Newsletter (2001)
- Who Was Count Magnus? Notes Towards an Identification (2001)
- Letter (All Hallows, June 2001) (2001)
- Letter (All Hallows, October 2001) (2001)
- Letter (All Hallows, June 2002) (2002)
- Notes and Queries (All Hallows, October 2002) (2002) with Paul Bedard and Ken Cowley and Robin Davies
- "A Wonderful Book": George MacDonald and "The Ash-Tree" (2003)
- Addendum (Landmarks and Shrieking Ghosts) (2007)
- Introduction (The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows) (2012)
- Tribute to Alan Hunter (2013) [only as by Ro Pardoe]
- Review of the graphic novel Ghost of Shandon by Alan Corbett (2013)
- Reviews (The Green Book, Samhain 2013) (2013) with Emily Bourke and Reggie Chamberlain-King and Scott Connors and Jim Rockhill and David J. Skal and Matthew Stocker
- Introduction (The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows: Volume 2) (2014)
- Introduction (The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows: Volume 3 ) (2016)
- 'A Wonderful Book': George Macdonald and 'The Ash Tree' (2018)
- 'Fluttering Draperies': The Fabric of M.R. James (2018)
- 'I seen it wive at me out of the winder': The Window as Threshold in M.R. James's Stories (2018)
- 'I've seen it': 'A School Story' and the House in Berkley Square (2018)
- 'Strange Pastures': Introduction to Occult Sciences (2018)
- 'The Old Man on the Hill': Beelzebub in 'An Evening's Entertainment' (2018)
- A.P. Baker and A College Mystery (2018)
- Adventures of a Jamesian Detective (2018)
- Afterword to Two Ghost Stories: A Centenary (2018)
- An Index to Story and Novel Titles (2018)
- Creatures which frequent the roads and byways of America (2018)
- Early Reading: Dogs, Cats and Hobby Horses (2018)
- Frequently mentioned works (2018)
- Fritz Leiber's 'A Bit of the Dark World' (2018)
- Fritz Leiber's 'The Button Molder': A Jamesian story? (2018)
- Fritz Leiber's Our Lady of Darkness: A Jamesian Classic (2018)
- Hostanes Magus (2018)
- How did Mr Baxter find his Roman Villa? (2018)
- Introduction to Eton and Kings (2018) with Darroll Pardoe
- Introduction to Tales from Lectoure (2018)
- Introduction to The Five Jars (2018)
- Jack Finney and the Disappearance of Rudolph Fentz (2018)
- M.R. James and Arthur Machen (2018)
- M.R. James and the 'native of Wisconsin' (2018)
- Manly Wade Wellman's 'Chorazin' (2018)
- Paul Cornell's 'Shadow Police' (2018)
- Phil Rickman and Gwendolen McBride (2018)
- Remembrances of Early Fandom and Old Fanzines (2018)
- The Date of 'Merfield Hall/House' (2018)
- The Heathens and their Sacrifices: The God(s) of 'An Evening's Entertainment' (2018)
- The Herefordshire of 'A View from a Hill' (2018)
- The Magic of Maps (2018)
- The Man in King William Street (2018)
- The Manuscript of 'A Warning to the Curious' (2018)
- The Night Raven (2018)
- The Real Thing: Garner, Lindholm, Brust and Pratchett (2018)
- The Three Fortunate Concealments (2018)
- Two Magicians: Wilsthorpe and Aswarby (2018) with Darroll Pardoe
- Walter Map's De Nugis Curialium (2018)
- Who Was Count Magnus? Notes Towards an Indentification (2018)
- Wraiths don't show up on CCTV (except when they do) (2018)
- Two Lesser-Known John Gordon Novels (2018)
- A Note on Will Stone (2018)
- A. E. Housman and Thomas Hardy: M. R. James Fans (2019)
- Editorial (Ghosts & Scholars, November 2019) (2019)
- News: M. R. James News (Ghosts & Scholars, November 2019) (2019)
- Landy Wardrop's Notes (2020)
- Lady Waldrop's Notes (Ghosts & Scholars, Spring 2021) (2021)
- Lady Wardrop's Notes (Ghosts & Scholars #41, Fall 2021) (2021)
- Lady Wardrop's Notes (Ghosts & Scholars, Spring 2022) (2022)
- "The Old Man on the Hill": English Hill Figures in Supernatural Fiction (2022)
- Lady Wardrop's Notes (Ghosts & Scholars, Autumn 2022) (2022)
- Lady Wardrop's Notes (Ghost and Scholars, May 2023) (2023)
- Introduction (The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Landscape Figures) (2024)
- The Black Pilgrimage & Other Explorations: Essays on Supernatural Fiction (2018)
- Ghost & Scholars, Spring 2022 (2022)
- Arachne (2022)
- Elegant Nightmares: The English Ghost Story from Le Fanu to Blackwood (1980) by Jack Sullivan
- M. R. James - Book of the Supernatural (1980) by Peter Haining
- The Scallion Stone (1981) by Basil A. Smith
- Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories (1984) by John Gordon
- E. Nesbit's Tales of Terror (1984) by E. Nesbit
- Ghost Stories (1984) by Susan Hill
- High Spirits (1984) by Robertson Davies
- M. R. James: An Informal Portrait (1984) by Michael Cox
- The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes: Seventeen Supernatural Stories (1984) by Leslie Halliwell
- The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1985) by M. R. James
- After Midnight Tales (1986) by Amy Myers
- Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories (1986) by John Gordon
- Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1986) by Roald Dahl
- The Devil's Looking Glass (1986) by Simon Rees
- When Dusk Comes Creeping (1986) by Lanyon Jones
- Alfred Hitchcock's Your Share of Fear (1986) by Cathleen Jordan
- A Step Off the Path (1986) by Peter Hunt
- The Stove Haunting (1986) by Bel Mooney
- A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1987) by M. R. James
- Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories (1987) by M. R. James
- Dark Encounters (1987) by William Croft Dickinson
- The Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1987) by M. R. James
- The Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1987) by M. R. James
- The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories (1987) by Michael Cox and R. A. Gilbert
- Tales of Dungeons and Dragons (1987) by Peter Haining
- Night Visions (1987) by George R. R. Martin
- A Demon the Stairs (1988) by Leslie Halliwell
- Dracula's Brood (1988) by Richard Dalby
- George MacDonald (1988) by William Raeper
- Gaslit Nightmares: An Anthology of Victorian Tales of Terror (1988) by Hugh Lamb
- The Illustrated J. S. Le Fanu (1989) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Christmas Ghosts (1989) by Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell
- The Magic Mirror (1989) by Algernon Blackwood
- Bone to His Bone: The Stoneground Ghost Tales of E. G. Swain (1990) by E. G. Swain
- Rune (1990) by Christopher Fowler
- Mystery for Christmas (1991) by Richard Dalby
- Desirable Residences and Other Stories (1992) by E. F. Benson
- Tales of Witchcraft (1992) by Richard Dalby
- The Virago Book of Ghost Stories, Volume II (1992) by Richard Dalby
- In a Glass Darkly (1993) by Sheridan Le Fanu
- The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts (1993) by John Gordon
- The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson (1993) by E. F. Benson
- A Handful of Ghosts (1994) by George H. Bushnell
- Creepers: British Horror and Fantasy in the Twentieth Century (1994) by Clive Bloom
- Fear Walks the Night (1994) by Frederick Cowles
- Those Whom the Old Gods Love: And Other Ghostly Tales of Vision and Dread (1994) by Harvey Peter Sucksmith
- Cloven Hooves (1994) by Megan Lindholm
- Darkest Day (1994) by Christopher Fowler
- J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A Bio-Bibliography (1995) by Gary William Crawford
- Shub Niggurath Cycle (1995) by Robert M. Price
- The Guide (1995) by Ramsey Campbell
- The Story of a Troll-Hunt (1995) by James McBryde
- The Supernatural & English Fiction (1995) by Glen Cavaliero
- Voices from Shadow (1995) by David Sutton
- Lichgate 1 (1995) by Colin Langeveld [only as by Ro Pardoe]
- Worming the Harpy and Other Bitter Pills (1995) by Rhys Hughes [only as by Ro Pardoe]
- Fear of the Dark (1996) by Christopher Carr
- The Core of Ramsey Campbell: A Bibliography & Reader's Guide (1996) by Ramsey Campbell and Stefan Dziemianowicz and S. T. Joshi [only as by Ro Pardoe]
- They Return at Evening (1996) by H. R. Wakefield [only as by Ro Pardoe]
- Wraiths & Ringers (1996) by A. F. Kidd [only as by Ro Pardoe]
- Myths of the Middle Ages (1997) by Sabine Baring-Gould
- The Vintage Book of Ghosts (1998) by Jenny Uglow
- The Vintage Book of the Devil (1998) by Francis Spufford
- The Phantom Coach and Other Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1999) by Augustus Jessopp
- Dark Matters (2000) by Terry Lamsley
- A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings (2001) by M. R. James
- The Legacy of M. R. James (2001) by uncredited
- A Geography of Horror: The Ghost Stories of M. R. James and the Suffolk Landscape (A Travel Guide) (2022) by Simon Loxley
- A Little Jasmine Book of M. R. James (2023) by Stephen Jones
- Terror Tales of the West Country (2023) by Paul Finch
- An Interview with John Gordon (1996) with John Gordon [only as by Ro Pardoe]