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  <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer. He was the son of Raphael &quot;Ray&quot; Bloch (1884, Chicago-1952, Chicago), a bank cashier, and his wife Stella Loeb (1880, Attica, Indiana-1944, Milwaukee, WI), a social worker, both of German-Jewish descent.

Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, usually crime fiction, science fiction, and, perhaps most influentially, horror fiction (&lt;i&gt;Psycho&lt;/i&gt;). He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle; Lovecraft was Bloch's mentor and one of the first to seriously encourage his talent.

He was a contributor to pulp magazines such as &lt;i&gt;Weird Tales&lt;/i&gt; in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award (for his story &quot;That Hell-Bound Train&quot;), the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America.

Robert Bloch was also a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general. In the 1940s, he created the humorous character Lefty Feep in a story for &lt;i&gt;Fantastic Adventures&lt;/i&gt;. He also worked for a time in local vaudeville, and tried to break into writing for nationally-known performers. He was a good friend of the science fiction writer Stanley G. Weinbaum. In the 1960's, he wrote 3 stories for &lt;i&gt;Star Trek&lt;/i&gt;.
]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Howard Phillips Lovecraft]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Chicago, Illinois</hometown>  <born_at>04/05/1917</born_at>  <died_at>09/23/1994</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Psycho]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>285</ratings_count>
  <published>1959</published>  
  
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        <book id="156422">
  <title><![CDATA[Psycho II]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>2.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>48</ratings_count>
  <published>1982</published>  
  
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        <book id="219326">
  <title><![CDATA[The Night of the Ripper]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>35</ratings_count>
  <published>1986</published>  
  
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        <book id="116499">
  <title><![CDATA[The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch, Volume 1: Final Reckonings]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.40</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>30</ratings_count>
  <published>1987</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Robert Bloch's Psychos]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen King]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Del Stone Jr.]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cindie Geddes]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Yvonne Navarro]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Niall Wilson]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Clark Perry]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Parks]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gary Jonas]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edo Van Belkom]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Billie Sue Mosiman]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[William D. Gagliani]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Charles L. Grant]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jane Yolen]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen M. Rainey]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gary A. Braunbeck]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ed Gorman]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Christian Matheson]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Denise M. Bruchman]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dominick Cancilla]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Brent Monahan]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lawrence Watt-Evans]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Esther M. Friesner]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.36</average_rating>
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  <published>1997</published>  
  
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        <book id="2261903">
  <title><![CDATA[Shooting Star/Spiderweb (Hard Case Crime 42)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.76</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>29</ratings_count>
  <published>1958</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Best of Robert Bloch]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.04</average_rating>
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  <title><![CDATA[American Gothic]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>26</ratings_count>
  <published>1974</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Strange Eons]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.62</average_rating>
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  <published>1979</published>  
  
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        <book id="219324">
  <title><![CDATA[Mysteries of the Worm: Twenty Cthulhu Mythos Tales by Robert Bloch]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Bloch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.95</average_rating>
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  <published>1993</published>  
  
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