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Algernon Blackwood

Lifespan
1869 – 1951
Nationality
British
Active
1907 – 1930
Works held
10

Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) was a master of the weird and supernatural tale, admired by H. P. Lovecraft as among the finest in the language. Drawing on a wandering early life and a deep feeling for nature, he wrote stories, 'The Willows', 'The Wendigo', in which the natural world becomes vast, alive and terrifying. He created the psychic detective John Silence and, late in life, became a popular ghost-story broadcaster on the BBC.

The works

  1. 1930
    Cover of Jimbo: A Fantasy Jimbo: A Fantasy
  2. 1916
    Cover of Julius LeVallon: An Episode Julius LeVallon: An Episode
  3. 1914
    Cover of Incredible Adventures Incredible Adventures
  4. 1913
    Cover of A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote) A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
  5. 1912
    Cover of Four Weird Tales Four Weird Tales Cover of The Man Whom the Trees Loved The Man Whom the Trees Loved
  6. 1908
    Cover of John Silence, Physician Extraordinary John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Cover of Three John Silence Stories Three John Silence Stories Cover of Three More John Silence Stories Three More John Silence Stories
  7. 1907
    Cover of The Willows The Willows

Wrote across

1900s1910s1930s

Recurring themes

HorrorFantasyPsychic Powers

Kindred authors shared themes

Edmond HamiltonEvelyn E. SmithFlorence MarryatGeorge MacDonaldH. P. LovecraftHenry KuttnerJ. D. BeresfordPhilip K. Dick

Contemporaries writing in the same era

L. Frank BaumVariousEdgar Rice BurroughsH. G. WellsRobert E. HowardE. NesbitEdmond HamiltonH. P. LovecraftLord DunsanyVictor Appleton

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