Robert Bloch

American author and screenwriter

Robert Bloch was an American author and screenwriter best known for his horror and suspense novels. He was born in 1917 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in a family of modest means. Bloch began writing at a young age and published his first short story in 1936. He went on to write several novels, including the classic horror novel 'Psycho', which was adapted into a successful film in 1960. Bloch was a member of t...