And Gorey’s blockbuster hit, his macabre alphabet book The Gashlycrumb Tinies — “A is for Alice who fell down the stairs, B is for Boris, devoured by bears,” etc. — has made its way onto ...

Edward Gorey's arch eccentrics are on display in two reissues and a never-before-published story.

Writing and illustrating an alphabet book that appeals to jaded adults more than school-aged children is no simple task. Nor is making the grisly death of a hapless little girl and her doll sound ...

Dery's book traces Gorey's life starting with his childhood, which he spent mostly in Chicago. Gorey didn't much like discussing his youth, but Dery does an excellent job piecing the author's ...

Entertainment Style Invitational Week 1229: Gorey bits from A to Z — give us edgy alphabet rhymes May 25, 2017 More than 8 years ago ...

Twelve years after his death on tax day 2000, Edward Gorey — writer, illustrator, Victorian aesthete born half a century too late — has earned an adjective all his own: “Goreyesque.” The ...

Reading through the captions and taking in the essay at the beginning of the book by Edward Bradford (the bibliographer of the Edward Gorey Trust) will undoubtedly increase your vocabulary.

Gorey used a variety of anagrams of his name as pseudonyms for some of his books. Gorey created his own publishing imprint. He won a Tony award for working on a theatrical adaptation of Dracula.

Gorey -- an eccentric, innovative artist and writer -- died in 2000. He wrote and illustrated more than 100 books. You might recognize his work from the opening credits on PBS’s “Masterpiece ...

Probably one of Gorey’s most well known works, this is an alphabet book with a twist as Gorey takes a lot of delight in describing the gruesome fates of the Gashlycrumb tinies. This is a truly ...