Horace Walpole's book, The Castle of Otranto is considered to be the first work of gothic fiction. Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, better known as Horace, was the son of the first Prime Minsister, Robert Walpole. Horace was a member of the Whig party and he was in Parliament when he wrote his book. Walpole was fascinated with Medieval history and artifacts and he even built a gothic style castle known as Strawberry Hill.
Robert Bloch 1917 – 1994
Charlotte Bronte 1816 – 1855
Emily Bronte 1818 – 1848
Daphne du Maurier 1907 – 1989
Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1860 – 1935
Nathanial Hawthorne 1804 – 1864
Shirley Jackson 1916 – 1965
Henry James 1843 – 1916
H.P. Lovecraft 1890 – 1937
Edgar Allen Poe 1809 – 1849
Mary Shelley 1797 – 1 February
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 – 1894
Bram Stoker 1847 – 1912
Edith Wharton 1862 – 1937
Oscar Wilde 1854 – 1900
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Stephen King
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Author of 64 novels, 5 non-fiction books, and over 200 short stories. Stephen King has sold over 350 million books. Many of them have been adapted into movies, TV shows, miniseries, and comic books. King has appeared in several of these adaptations.