M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing
fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short
stories - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) - until the age of 42.
Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for
the 20th century and he is seen as the founder of the 'antiquarian ghost
story'. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high
quality, modern editions with a brand new introductory biography of the
author.