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Robert Bloch

Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of German-Jewish Americans. During the 1930s, he was an avid reader of Weird Tales magazine and H. P. Lovecraft in particular. He wrote to Lovecraft, who responded with advice on writing, and Bloch sold his first published short story, "The Feast in the Abbey" to Weird Tales when he was just seventeen. He continued to write for Weird Tales and went on to become one of its most popular authors, while also contributing to other magazines. In 1946, his first published novel, The Scarf, was released. He received the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1959 for “That Hell-Bound Train” (1958). Also in 1959, he published one of his best-known novels, Psycho, which was adapted for the screen in 1960 by Joseph Stefano, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He wrote the screenplay for the movie The Night Walker (1964), and he also wrote three scripts for the television show Star Trek. Over the course of his career, he wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, mostly in the crime fiction, science fiction and, horror fiction genres.

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American fiction writer

Born 5 April 1917
Died 23 September 1994

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American fiction writer

Born 5 April 1917
Died 23 September 1994

Subjects

American Horror tales, American Science fiction, Fiction, Horror tales, American, Fiction, horror, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Science fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, English Short stories, Horror tales, Science fiction, American, Short stories, English, American Fantasy fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Norman Bates (Fictitious character), Children's fiction, Detective and mystery stories, English Horror tales, Fantasy fiction, American, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, general, Short stories, fiction, Bates, norman (fictitious character), fiction

Places

England) Whitechapel (London, London, Paris, River Thames, Upper Swandam Lane, Whitechapel (London, England)

People

H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), Jack the Ripper, Berenice, C. Auguste Dupin, Egaeus, Hugh Boone, Isa Whitney, John H. Watson, Kate Whitney, Lucian, Minister D—, Neville St. Clair, Norman Bates (Fictitious character), Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Robert Bloch (1917-), Sherlock Holmes

Time

20th century

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  • Robert Bloch
  • Tarleton Fiske, Will Folke, Nathan Hindin, E.K. Jarvis, Wilson Kane, Jim Kjelgaard, Sherry Malone, John Sheldon, Collier Young

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 13, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Edited without comment.
November 26, 2013 Edited by Sarah Breau Added middle name to bio, removed alternate names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import