H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown during his lifetime and only published in pulp magazines, he is now regarded as one of the most significant and influential 20th-century authors in his genre. He also used the pseudonyms Lewis Theobald, Jun., Humphrey Littlewit, Esq., Ward Phillips, Percy Simple, Henry Paget-Lowe, and Edward Softly. He has also been credited as J. H. Brownlow (Canadian Weird Tales, September 1945).