Robert Bloch was an American writer of crime, psychological horror, and fantasy whose career spanned six decades. A protégé of H. P. Lovecraft, he began publishing professionally at 17 and went on to write hundreds of short stories and over thirty novels, with extensive work in film and television. He is best known as the author of Psycho (1959), the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic film. He won the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award, and served as president of the Mystery Writers of America.
