friends with many of the writers and painters who established a colony there in the 1930s, among them were W.H. Auden, Andrew Dasburg and Georgia O'Keeffe. Life in New Mexico inspired Bright's second Novel The Life and Death of Little Jo published in England by Cresset Press which was very well received by reviewers and the public. Bright also began writing books for children. While the family was vacationing in Laguna Beach, California, Bright caught his children peering under their bed. As it turns out, they were looking for the little ghost that lived in the house. This moment was the inspiration for the Georgie The Ghost series of books, which has become a beloved classic worldwide. Bright's grandchildren have also inspired his books and appear as characters in Georgie's Christmas Carol. Robert Bright died of cancer in his home in San Francisco, California in 1988. Books The Travels of Ching - published 1943 The Intruders - published 1943 The Life and Death of Little Jo — published 1944 Georgie — published 1944 (9 editions) The Olivers - published 1947 Me and the Bears — published 1951 Hurrah For Freddie! -published in 1953 Miss Pattie -published in 1954 I Like Red -published 1955 Georgie to the Rescue — published 1956 (4 editions) The Friendly Bear — published 1957 (3 editions) Richard Brown and The Dragon -published 1957 Georgie's Halloween — published 1958 (5 editions) Which is Willy? - published 1962 Georgie and the Robbers — published 1963 (7 editions) Georgie and the Magician — published 1966 (3 editions) My Hopping Bunny — published 1967 Gregory: the Noisiest and Strongest Boy in Grangers Grove — published 1969 Georgie and the Noisy Ghost — published 1971 (3 editions) Georgie Goes West — published 1973 (2 editions) Georgie's Christmas Carol — published 1975 (2 editions) Georgie and the Buried Treasure - published 1979 (2 editions) Georgie and the Runaway Balloon — published 1983 Georgie and the Ball of Yarn — published 1983 Georgie and the Little Dog — published 1983 Georgie and the Baby Birds — published 1983 My Red Umbrella — published 1959 (2 editions) Slightly Scary Stories for Halloween (by Robert Bright, Edward Marshall, James Stevenson, Barbara K. Walker)— published 2007 — 2 editions Georgie and Georgie to the Rescue became motion pictures issued by Weston Woods Studios and Sterling Educational Films, respectively. References External links Watch Georgie to the Rescue