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- Birth nameAmy Roberta Ruck
- Berta Ruck was born on August 2, 1878 in Murree, Punjab, British India. She was a writer, known for In Another Girl's Shoes (1917), Ossi hat die Hosen an (1928) and His Official Fiancée (1919). She was married to Oliver Onions. She died on August 11, 1978 in Aberdyfi, Wales, UK.
- SpouseOliver Onions(1909 - April 9, 1961) (his death, 2 children)
- She and her husband were newlyweds when one night she combed her hair; Oliver noticed that the crackling caused by the static was a unique sound. It inspired his 1911 story "The Beckoning Fair One," considered by many to be the best ghost story ever written.
- Berta (the name is short for Roberta) was a close friend of E. Nesbit, who used the name Roberta for the eldest girl in The Railway Children (1970).
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