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Robert Bloch

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Born: April 04 1917

Died: 2222 09 19941994

Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer. He was the son of Raphael "Ray" Bloch , a bank cashier, and his wife Stella Loeb , a social worker, both of German-Jewish descent.

Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, usually crime fiction, science fiction, and, perhaps most influentially, horror fiction . He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle; Lovecraft was Bloch's mentor and one of the first to seriously encourage his talent.

He was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award , the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America.

Robert Bloch was also a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general. In the 1940s, he created the humorous character Lefty Feep in a story for Fantastic Adventures. He also worked for a time in local vaudeville, and tried to break into writing for nationally-known performers. He was a good friend of the science fiction writer Stanley G. Weinbaum. In the 1960's, he wrote 3 stories for Star Trek.

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Robert Bloch

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Books from Robert Bloch

Psycho

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

The Dunwich Horror and Others

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol 2

Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror

Psycho II

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories

Tales of the Witch World 1

Mysteries of the Worm

Psycho House

The Vampire Archives

This Crowded Earth

Night of the Ripper

Robert Bloch's Psychos

American Gothic

The Best of Robert Bloch

My Favorite Horror Story