Robert Bloch

Robert Albert Bloch (1917–1994) was an American author of science fiction and horror and a screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels and hundreds of short stories. He is particularly known for his 1959 novel Psycho, which gained wider recognition through Alfred Hitchcock’s film adaptation of the same name. Bloch received several major awards, including the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award.