Robert Bloch

Robert Albert Bloch (Abril 5, 1917 – Septiembre 23, 1994) por lo que a prolífico American escritor, principalmente of crime, horror y ciencia ficción. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. He was also known as an excellent standup speaker with a aceite caliente wry sense of humour. He many times observó fuera that he had "the heart of a little boy", quipping "I keep it in a jar on my desk." Bloch escribió hundreds of short stories and over veinte novelas, usually crime fiction, science fiction and perhaps most influentially, horror, ciencia ficción, (Psico). He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle. H. P. Lovecraft lo que Bloch's mentor and one of the first to seriously encourage his talento. Bloch lo que a contributor to pulp magazines, such as Weird Tales en his early career, and was also a prolífico screenwriter and a major contribuyente a la ciencia ficción más conocido and fandom en general. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award for his story "That Hell Bound Train"), the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He servido a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America (1970) y lo que a member of that organización and of Science Fiction Writers of America, the Writers' Guild, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Count Dracula Sociedad.En 2008, The Library of America selected Bloch's story "The Shambles de Ed Gein" for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American true crime. His favourites amongst his own novelas were The Secuestrador, The Star Stalker, Psico-Night World and Strange Eons.