Richard Dalby

Richard Lawrence Dalby (15 April 1949 – 4 May 2017) was an editor and literary researcher noted for his anthologies of ghost stories.

Richard Dalby was born in London on 15 April 1949 to Tom, a publishing editor, and Nancy, an amateur artist.

He was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School from the age of 7 when he also began to take an interest in supernatural fiction.

[1] Dalby's early career was spent as a bookseller in bookshops, including Foyles in London, and he later sold books by mail order, issuing catalogues from his home in Scarborough, Yorkshire.

[1] He owned a set of H. Rider Haggard first editions and a copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula with the author's annotations.