About
An American author of horror and suspense fiction, he is best known for his novel, Psycho, which inspired the famous Hitchcock film. He won both the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award.
Before Fame
He wrote his first story at age seventeen and, encouraged by his mentor, HP Lovecraft, published numerous stories in pulp magazines.
Trivia
Over the course of his prolific writing career, he published over thirty novels, hundreds of short stories, and a number of television scripts.
Family Life
He grew up in a German-Jewish family in the Midwestern United States and was the son of a banker and a social worker. He was married twice; he wed his second wife, Eleanor Alexander Zalisko, in 1964.
Associated With
He was a close friend of fellow author, Harlan Ellison.
