Robert Bloch (1917–1994)
Author of Psycho
About the Author
Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917 -- September 23, 1994) was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror, fantasy and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and 30 plus show more novels. His mentor was H. P. Lovecraft, one of the first to encourage Bloch's horror fiction writing. Bloch won the Hugo award for his story, That Hell-Bound Train, in 1959. In 1960 he won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Psycho and in 1994 he won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction for The Scent of Vinegar. Bloch was born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1994 he died of cancer in Los Angeles, at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Robert Bloch
The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch, Volume 3: Last Rites (Complete Stories of Robert Bloch) (1991) 31 copies
A Toy for Juliette [short fiction] 9 copies
Parlez-moi d'horreur 7 copies
I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell 6 copies
Spiderweb 4 copies
A Home Away From Home [short story] 4 copies
The Animal Fair 4 copies
Twilight Zone: The Movie 4 copies
AUX PORTES DE L'EPOUVANTE - DIX NOUVELLES DE DEUX MAITRES DE L'HORREUR (Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury) (1970) 3 copies
The Chaney Legacy 3 copies
Return to the Sabbath 3 copies
Étoiles filantes 3 copies
Black Lotus 3 copies
Man With a Hobby 3 copies
ATOMS AND EVIL: Try This for Psis; Comfort Me My Robot; Talent; The Professor Plays It Square; Block that Metaphor;… (1962) 3 copies
Almost Human 3 copies
Double Whammy 3 copies
L'Ira Di Cthulhu 2 copies
L'épingle 2 copies
Al filo de la realidad 2 copies
Asylum [Blu-ray] 2 copies
Black Bargain and Other Raw Deals 2 copies
Terreur dans la nuit 2 copies
The Weird Tailor 2 copies
Time Wounds All Heels [short story] 2 copies
Werkzeug des Teufels 2 copies
The Dunwich Horror and Others 2 copies
La Fourmilière Suivi de Matriarchie : Romans (Fantastique, science-fiction, aventure) (1983) 2 copies
The Mannikin 2 copies
El terror volvió a Hollywood 2 copies
The Bogey Man Will Get You 2 copies
The Thing 2 copies
The Faceless God {short story} 2 copies
Untouchable 2 copies
A Good Imagination 2 copies
The Devil's Ticket 2 copies
Sleeping Beauty 2 copies
Water's Edge 2 copies
How Like A God 2 copies
A Good Knight's Work [short story] 2 copies
Talent 2 copies
Lucy comes to stay [short story] 2 copies
Is Betsey Blake Still Alive? 2 copies
"Beelzebub" (in Best of RB) 2 copies
The Funnel Of God 2 copies
ROBERT BLOCH: THE LAUGHTER OF A GHOUL WHAT EVERY YOUNG GHOUL SHOULD KNOW [F & SF FRAGMENTS 2] 2 copies
Reaper 2 copies
The Secret of Sebek {short story} 2 copies
The Man Who Cried Wolf! 2 copies
The Scent of Vinegar [short fiction] 2 copies
Sweets to the Sweet 2 copies
The Beautiful People 2 copies
"The Model" (in Cold Chills) 2 copies
The Living Dead 2 copies
The Bedposts of Life 2 copies
The Fear Planet 2 copies
Lizzie Borden Took An Axe 2 copies
The Dark Demon {short story} 1 copy
ESCALOFRIOS 1 copy
Psychopathe 1 copy
Bobo 1 copy
The Eyes Of The Mummy 1 copy
Uma tragédia americana 1 copy
The Sorcerer's Apprentice 1 copy
Psycho Mania! 1 copy
Gravely, Robert Bloch 1 copy
Je später der Abend ... 1 copy
Der große Kick 1 copy
Crime Machine 1 copy
Never Trust A Demon 1 copy
Black Magic Holiday 1 copy
Mr. Margate's Mermaid 1 copy
That Hell Bound Train 1 copy
La machine à écrire 1 copy
Incubi e miracoli 1 copy
It happened tomorrow 1 copy
The Creative Urge 1 copy
Às Portas da Fantasia 1 copy
The Bat Is My Brother 1 copy
Surgelé 1 copy
Il delitto secondo Hitchcock — Author — 1 copy
The Todd Dossier 1 copy
Hungarian Rhapsody 1 copy
Mannikins of Horror 1 copy
Dominick 1 copy
Stuporman 1 copy
The Funny Farm 1 copy
L'âge tendre 1 copy
The Black Notebook 1 copy
The Big Binge 1 copy
Pirmano 1 copy
A Question Of Identity 1 copy
Beetles [As By Robert Bloch] 1 copy
De nacht voor Kerstmis 1 copy
Une épouse modèle 1 copy
WEIRD TALES. JANUARY,1952. 1 copy
Hell's Angels 1 copy
Picture [short story] 1 copy
Hiélese la sangre 1 copy
Maniquís de horror 1 copy
Last Laugh 1 copy
Psycho - Numbered Edition 1 copy
PSYCO 1 PSYCO 2 1 copy
The Yougoslaves 1 copy
A Most Unusual Murder 1 copy
Doppia maledizione 1 copy
Une question de vie 1 copy
Death Has Five Guesses 1 copy
Bus Stop: I Kiss Your Shadow 1 copy
The Old College Try 1 copy
Cittadini della notte 1 copy
La rime ne paie pas 1 copy
The Covenant 1 copy
Le collier 1 copy
Pin-up Girl 1 copy
Cours du soir 1 copy
Final Performance 1 copy
Black Bargain 1 copy
The Night Before Christmas 1 copy
Founding Fathers 1 copy
Fangs Of Vengeance 1 copy
Death Is An Elephant 1 copy
Philtre Tip 1 copy
Method For Murder 1 copy
De klaploper 1 copy
Vampire Tales #5 1 copy
Le rôdeur des étoiles 1 copy
The Masterpiece 1 copy
The Cure 1 copy
Fane of the Black Pharaoh 1 copy
The hungry eye [short story] 1 copy
The Big Kick 1 copy
Sock Finish 1 copy
The Show Must Go On 1 copy
Le phonographe de Satan 1 copy
Jettatura 1 copy
Doppia maledizione 1 copy
L'ami Roderick 1 copy
Shooting star 1 copy
Final reckonings 1 copy
Dig That Crazy Grave! 1 copy
The Dead Don't Die! 1 copy
Le train pour l'enfer 1 copy
The Rubber Room 1 copy
Show Biz 1 copy
L'Éventreur 1 copy
Water's Edge 1 copy
"Ego Trip" (in Cold Chills) 1 copy
In the Cards 1 copy
The Gloating Place 1 copy
Le coeur de Lisa 1 copy
Where the Buffalo Roam 1 copy
Associated Works
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre (1963) — Introduction — 2,915 copies
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Contributor — 1,940 copies
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Contributor — 526 copies
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps (2009) — Contributor — 265 copies
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Contributor — 198 copies
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 1 (1984) — Contributor — 196 copies
Gotham by Gaslight: An Alternative History of the Batman [Original Release] (1989) — Introduction — 192 copies
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Contributor — 186 copies
Science Fiction Showcase: Eleven Extraordinary Stories by Eleven Masters of Science-Fiction and Fantasy (1959) — Contributor — 104 copies
A Clutch of Vampires: These Being Among the Best from History and Literature (1929) — Contributor — 100 copies
Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy & Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1990) — Contributor — 92 copies
Weird Vampire Tales: 30 Blood-Chilling Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1705) — Contributor — 88 copies
Weird Tales : a selection in facsimile, of the best from the world's most famous fantasy magazine (1976) — Contributor — 78 copies
No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film (1960) — Contributor — 75 copies
Lighthouse Horrors: Tales of Adventure, Suspense and the Supernatural (1993) — Contributor — 70 copies
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 70 copies
Bug-Eyed Monsters: 13 Stories of Dripping, Creeping, Gurgling, Purling, Trilling, Oozing, Seeping, Gushing Deadly… (1980) — Contributor — 66 copies
And walk now gently through the fire, and other science fiction stories (1972) — Contributor — 61 copies
The Best Horror Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1988) — Contributor — 46 copies
Children of Infinity: Original Science Fiction Stories for Young Readers (1973) — Contributor — 45 copies
Murder Plus: True Crime Stories from the Masters of Detective Fiction (1958) — Contributor — 44 copies
Arkham's Masters of Horror: A 60th Anniversary Anthology Retrospective of the First 30 Years of Arkham House (2000) — Contributor — 44 copies
The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. I (1989) — Contributor — 27 copies
The Wild Years 1946-1955 (Amazing Science Fiction Anthology Series) (1987) — Contributor — 25 copies
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 2: From Salome to Edgar Allan Poe to The Silence of the Lambs (2021) — Contributor — 14 copies
Hollywood Ghosts: Haunting, Spine-Chilling Stories from America's Film Capital (American Ghost Series) (1991) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Crime of My Life: Favorite Stories by Presidents of the Mystery Writers of America (1984) — Contributor — 11 copies
Kauhupokkari 1 — Contributor — 11 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 53. Die Trägheit des Auges. (1979) — Contributor, some editions — 10 copies
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition (1994) — Contributor — 10 copies
More Dixie Ghosts: More Haunting, Spine-Chilling Stories from the American South (1994) — Contributor — 9 copies
Het dagboek in de sneeuw : en andere griezelverhalen — Contributor — 7 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1956, Vol. 10, No. 6 (1956) — Contributor — 5 copies
Hitchcocktail — Author, some editions — 5 copies
Weird Tales Volume 28 Number 3, October 1936 — Contributor — 4 copies
Weird Tales Volume 32 Number 5, November 1938 — Contributor — 4 copies
Weird Tales Volume 28 Number 4, November 1936 — Contributor — 4 copies
Weird Tales Volume 30 Number 5, November 1937 — Contributor — 4 copies
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Contributor — 4 copies
Satellite Science Fiction April 1957 — Contributor — 4 copies
Killers of the Mind: A Collection of Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1974) — Contributor — 4 copies
Flere chok — some editions — 3 copies
Weird Tales Volume 25 Number 1, January 1935 — Contributor — 3 copies
Weird Tales Volume 31 Number 6, June 1938 — Contributor — 3 copies
Journey into Mystery, Vol. 2 # 5 — Contributor — 3 copies
Weird Tales Volume 26 Number 3, September 1935 — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 32 Number 3, September 1938 — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 31 Number 4, April 1938 — Contributor — 2 copies
Journey into Mystery, Vol. 2 # 2 — Contributor — 2 copies
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto — Contributor — 2 copies
Cats of Shadow, Claws of Darkness: Stories of Were-Cats, Ghost Cats, and Other Supernatural Felines (2012) — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 30 Number 1, July 1937 — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 32 Number 1, July 1938 — Contributor — 2 copies
H.P. Lovecraft Letters to Robert Bloch with the Supplement — Preface — 2 copies
Fantastic adventures. No. 109 (July 1951) — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 33 Number 4, April 1939 — Contributor — 2 copies
Harper's Magazine 1989 Oct. — Contributor — 1 copy
Strange Fantasy #9 Summer '69 featuring The Spawn Of The Dark One — Contributor — 1 copy
Guest of Honor: Harlan Ellison — Author — 1 copy
Weird Tales Volume 49 Number 2, Winter 1985 — Contributor — 1 copy
Fantastic adventures. No. 098 (Aug. 1950) — Contributor — 1 copy
Äardwolf #2 — Contributor — 1 copy
Weird Tales Volume 38 Number 2, November 1944 — Contributor — 1 copy
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Bloch, Robert Albert
- Other names
- Tarleton Fiske
Will Folke
Nathan Hindin
E.K. Jarvis (Ziff-Davis housename in 1950s also used by other authors)
Wilson Kane
Sherry Malone (show all 10)
John Sheldon
Collier Young
Scanlon, Herbert
Stewart, Lan - Birthdate
- 1917-04-05
- Date of death
- 1994-09-23
- Burial location
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Weyauwega, Wisconsin, USA - Education
- Lincoln High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Occupations
- writer
- Relationships
- Marion Holcombe (first wife)
Eleanor (Elly) Zalisko (second wife) - Awards and honors
- World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (1975)
World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (1991) - Agent
- Scott Meredith Literary Agency
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- Works
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- Also by
- 395
- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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- Languages
- 18
- Favorited
- 28
Creepy, mysterious and so very unsettling is Norman and all that he is. I’m glad I finally got my hands on a copy so I can appreciate this classic and log its elements in my bank for future reads/critiques.