Brian Lumley

Brian Lumley at Elstercon 2006

Brian Lumley (born December 2, 1937 in Horden , County Durham ) is an English author of horror literature .

Life

Lumley was born in the north east of England. He joined the British Army, where he wrote his first stories during his little free time. He later became a professional writer. From 1996 to 1997 he was President of the Horror Writers Association (HWA). In 1989 he received the British Fantasy Award for the short story Fruiting Bodies . In 2010 he received the World Fantasy Award for his life's work.

He added that of HP Lovecraft launched Cthulhu Mythos add more stories, including Titus Crow .

His works are u. a.

• the Necroscope Vampire range,
• the Titus Crow Cthulhu myth novels
  • The Burrowers Beneath (1974, ISBN 0-312-86867-7 )

    German: The rule of the monsters (Pabel Verlag 1975, OCLC 74265242 ) or you lurk in the deep (Festa 2004, ISBN 3-935822-95-2 )

  • The Transition of Titus Crow (1975, ISBN 0-312-86299-7 ) German: The rulers in the depths (Bastei Lübbe 1979, ISBN 3-404-01257-7 )
  • The Clock of Dreams (1978, ISBN 0-312-86868-5 )
  • Spawn of the Winds (1978, ISBN 0-515-04571-3 )
  • In the Moons of Borea (1979, ISBN 0-312-86866-9 )
  • Elysia (1989, ISBN 0-932445-32-2 )
• The Lost Years ,
• the E-Branch trilogy ,
• the Dreamland saga
• and the anthology Harry Keogh and Other Weird Heroes .

Web links

• Literature by and about Brian Lumley in the catalog of the German National Library
• Brian Lumley Homepage (English)