Anthony Monday is a resident of Hoosac, Minnesota.
Anthony lives with his father, Howard, who owns Monday’s Cigar Store, which is in fact a saloon; his mother, Ginny, a housewife who worries endlessly about the family's income; and his older brother Keith, who is a hot shot with cars and works as a mechanic.
Inspiration[]
Name[]
As Anthony was introduced in a fairly autobiographical story, it would be only fair to give him an autobiographical name. That said, we present a list of theories, some more likely than not:
- The most likely theory involves Bellairs again turning to his collection of obscure literary references and recalling the name of the Elizabethan author, poet and dramatist Anthony Munday (1553-1633). Bellairs would have most likely been introduced to Munday in graduate literature courses. Munday spent his early years as an actor before turning his trade to writing; works attributed to Munday include "The Mirror of Mutability" (1579), two plays on the legend of Robin Hood, "The Downfall" and "The Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington" (both 1601), and "Mother Redcap" (1597) - which might be an inside joke of Bellairs's, considering Anthony Monday is noted as being quite fond of wearing red caps.
- Bellairs’s middle name is Anthony and he was born on a Monday.
- John had a cousin named Keith Anthony.
Reference[]
| Anthony Monday Series |
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| Bellairs Corpus | |
| By John Bellairs | |
| Series | |
| Who's who | Anthony Monday | Myra Eells | Emerson Eells |
| What's what | Hoosac Public Library | Monday's Cigar Store |
| Where's there | Hoosac, Minnesota | Rolling Stone, Minnesota |