M.R. James (1862-1936) was an English medievalist scholar best remembered as the author of many of the finest ghost stories in the English language. Roger Luckhurst is a professor of modern literature whose books include Late Victorian Gothic Tales and Zombies: A Cultural History, as well as books on The Shining and Alien for the BFI Film Classics series. He has also edited several of the Oxford World's Classics, including H. G. Wells' The Time Machine, in addition to writing for The Guardian.