Born January 4, 1946, in Liverpool, England; son of Alexander Ramsay and Nora Campbell; married Jenny Chandler (a teacher), January 1, 1971; children: Tamsin Joanne, Matthew Ramsey. Politics: "Leftist: But I become progressively more cynical about political generalizations!" Religion: Agnostic. Memberships: British Film Institute, Horror Writers of America, British Fantasy Society (lifetime president), Society of Fantastic Films (lifetime president). Addresses: Office: 31 Penkett Rd., Wallasey, Merseyside CH45 7QF, England. Agent: The Pimlico Agency, Box 20447, Cherokee Station, New York, NY 10021. E-mail: Errolundercliffe@aol.com.

• The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham (Sauk City, WI), 1964.
• Demons by Daylight, Arkham (Sauk City, WI), 1973.
• The Height of the Scream, Arkham (Sauk City, WI), 1976.
• The Doll Who Ate His Mother, Bobbs-Merrill (New York, NY), 1976, new edition, Headline Feature (London, England), 1993.
• (Editor and contributor) Superhorror, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1976, published as The Far Reaches of Fear, Star Books (England), 1980.
• (Under house pseudonym Carl Dreadstone) The Bride of Frankenstein, Berkley (New York, NY), 1977.
• (Under house pseudonym Carl Dreadstone) The Wolfman; Dracula's Daughter, Berkley (New York, NY), 1977.
• The Face That Must Die, abridged version, Star Books, 1979, complete version, Scream/Press 1983, Millipede Press2006.
• The Parasite, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1980, published as To Wake the Dead, Millington (London, England), 1980.
• (Editor and contributor) New Terrors, two volumes, Pan Books, 1980.
• (Editor and contributor) New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Arkham (Sauk City, WI), 1980.
• Through the Walls (booklet), British Fantasy Society, 1981.
• The Nameless, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1981, new edition, Warner (New York, NY), 1992.
• Dark Companions, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1982.
• (Editor and contributor) The Gruesome Book, Piccolo, 1982.
• (As Jay Ramsay) Night of the Claw, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1983.
• Incarnate, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1983, revised and expanded edition, Futura, 1990.
• Watch the Birdie, R. Pardoe (Runcorn, Cheshire, England), 1984.
• Obsession, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1985.
• Omnibus of New Terrors, Pan (New York, NY), 1985.
• Cold Print (short stories), Scream/Press (Santa Cruz, CA), 1985, 2nd revised edition, Headline (London, England), 1993.
• The Hungry Moon, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1986.
• (With Lisa Tuttle and Clive Barker) Night Visions 111, 1986.
• Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death, 1986, Tor (New York, NY), 2002.
• The Influence, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1987.
• Dark Feasts: The World of Ramsey Campbell, Robinson (London, England), 1987.
• Fine Frights: Stories That Scared Me, Tor (New York, NY), 1988.
• Ancient Images, Scribner (New York, NY), 1989.
• Midnight Sun, Tor (New York, NY), 1990.
• Needing Ghosts, Time Warner Books UK 1990.
• (Editor, with Stephen Jones) Best New Horror, Carroll & Graf (New York, NY), 1990.
• The Count of Eleven, Tor (New York, NY), 1991.
• (Editor, with Stephen Jones) Best New Horror 2, Carol & Graf (New York, NY), 1991.
• Waking Nightmares, Tor (New York, NY), 1991.
• Uncanny Banquet, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 1992.
• (Editor, with Stephen Jones) Best New Horror 3, Carol & Graf (New York, NY), 1992.
• Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell, Arkham (Sauk City, WI), 1993.
• (Editor, with Stephen Jones) Best New Horror 4, Carol & Graf (New York, NY), 1993.
• Strange Things and Stranger Places, Tor (New York, NY), 1993.
• (Editor) Deathport, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1993.
• The Long Lost, Tor (New York, NY), 1993.
• Two Obscure Tales, Necronomicon Press, 1993.
• The One Safe Place, Forge (New York, NY), 1995.
• Far Away and Never: The Fantasy Tales of Ramsey Campbell, Necronomicaon Press (West Warwick, RI), 1996.
• Nazareth Hill, Forge (New York, NY), 1996, published in England as The House on Nazareth Hill, 1996.
• The Last Voice They Hear, Tor (New York, NY), 1998.
• Ghosts and Grisly Things, Tor (New York, NY), 1998.
• Silent Children, Forge (New York, NY), 2000.
• Pact of the Fathers, Forge (New York, NY), 2001.
• (Editor and contributor) Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M.R. James, British Library (Boston Spa, England), 2001.
• Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Horror and Sundry Fantasies (nonfiction), edited by S.T. Joshi, introduction by Douglas E. Winter, PS Publishing (Harrogate, England), 2002.
• The Darkest Part of the Woods, PS Publishing (Harrogate, England), 2002.
• Told by the Dead, PS Publishing (Harrogate, England), 2003.
• (Editor, with Dennis Etchison and Jack Dann) Gathering the Bones: Original Stories from the Masters of Horror, Tor (New York, NY), 2003.
• The Overnight, PS Publishing (Harrogate, England), 2004, Tor (New York, NY), 2005.
• Secret Story, Tor (New York, NY), 2006.
• The Grin of the Dark, PS Publishing (Harrogate, England), 2007.

Contributor to numerous anthologies, including the series The Year's Best Horror Stories, DAW Books, and Best New Horror, Carroll & Graf. Contributor of short stories to magazines and periodicals.

Author of the columns "Layouts," British Fantasy Society Bulletin, 1974-77, "Ramsey Campbell, Probably," All Hallows (journal of the Ghost Story Society), reprinted in Dead Reckonings, "Ramsey's Rambles," Video Watchdog, and "Ramsey's Rants," PRISM (publication of the British Fantasy Society).

Campbell's works have been translated into Italian, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish. A collection of his manuscripts is housed at the Liverpool Local History Library.