1900-1930s / Conan the Barbarian / F - J / Fantasy / Horror / Weird Tales
Robert E. Howard
by Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author and poet. He was born in Peaster, Texas, a small town …
Category: Series
Conan the Cimmerian
Conan of Cimmeria is the creation of pulp author Robert E. Howard. Conan was introduced to the world in a short story called “The Phoenix …
Twilight: Where Darkness Begins
In the early 1980s, Dell launched the Twilight series with the tag line “Where Darkness Begins” as a counterpoint to Bantam’s popular Dark Forces series. …
1970-1990s / Archway / P - T / Point Thriller / Scholastic / YA Horror
R. L. Stine
R. L. Stine is an American author of children’s mystery, suspense, and horror. Generally thought of as the “Stephen King of children’s fiction,” Stine has …
1970-1990s / A - E / Point Thriller / Scholastic / YA Horror
Carol Ellis
Carol Ellis is an American author of young adult and children’s fiction. Her first novel, My Secret Admirer, was published in 1989 by Scholastic as …
1970-1990s / Fantasy / K - O / Raven
Raven: Swordsmistress of Chaos
The Raven series was originally published in the UK by Corgi in the late 1970s. The covers and general tone of the books seem to be intended to …
1900-1930s / 1940-1960s / F - J / Pyramid / The Shadow
The Shadow
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” Americans have known the answer to this question since the early 1930s, when the iconic …
1970-1990s / A - E / Point Thriller / Scholastic / YA Horror
A. Bates
A. Bates is the pseudonym of American author Auline Bates, who got her start writing fiction in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Her early …
1970-1990s / F - J / Point Thriller / Scholastic / YA Horror
Diane Hoh
Diane Hoh is an American author of young adult thrillers, most of which were published between the years 1990 and 1999. She is probably best …