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Burns Robert
Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) is a Scottish icon, widely regarded as the national poet of the Scots, and whose life and work is commemorated on ‘Burns Night’ on the 25th of January each year.
Blake William
William Blake (1757-1827) was an English writer, poet, and illustrator. From the relative obscurity of his reputation in his own time, Blake is now recognised as one of the major poets of the Romantic period and one of the most original and challenging figures in the history of English literature.
Rymer James Malcolm
The murky world of the Victorian ‘penny dreadful’ was the home of James Malcolm Rymer (1814–1884). With stories appearing in instalments over an extended period, and with many contributors, it could be difficult to establish authorship, but recent research has now identified Rymer as the creator of not only ‘Varney, the Vampyre,’ one of the principal inspirations for ‘Dracula’, but also of Sweeney Todd, the ‘Demon Barber of Fleet Street’.
Radcliffe Ann
Although Ann Radcliffe (1764 – 1823) did not invent the Gothic novel, she was a major factor in its development and popularity, and her work was very influential on many later writers, including Jane Austen. Her two best-remembered books are ‘The Mysteries of Udolpho’ (1794) and ‘The Italian’ (1797).
Poe Edgar Allan
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer who, despite being plagued by problems with drink, drugs, gambling, depression and madness, created a body of work which has had a lasting influence on three genres: fantasy and science fiction, detective fiction and horror stories
Lynch Terry
Terry Lynch is a dedicated Ripperologist, and ‘Jack The Ripper, The Whitechapel Murderer’ is his first book.
Lovecraft H.P.
H. P. Lovecraft (1890 – 1937) is widely considered the twentieth century’s most important writer of supernatural horror fiction. Forging a unique niche within the horror genre, he created what became known as “weird tales,” stories containing a distinctive blend of dreamlike imagery, Gothic terror, and elaborate concocted mythology.
Lewis Matthew
Matthew Lewis (1775 – 1818) is an English writer remembered for his novel. ‘The Monk’. Although not totally original, having been influenced by the writings of Ann Radcliffe and Hugh Walpole, ‘The Monk’ has nevertheless maintained its place in the early examples of Gothic horror, shocking its readers, and causing Jane Austen to send it up in ‘Northanger Abbey’.
Leroux Gaston
Gaston Leroux (1868 – 1927) was a French novelist, playwright and journalist. His principal claim to fame is to have written ‘The Phantom of the Opera’, but also he wrote a number of extremely popular detective stories, including the most notable ‘The Mystery of the Yellow Room’, the original murder-in-a-locked room mystery.