H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island. His father was hospitalized when Howard was three and died some years later, and he was raised by his mother and grandparents. A sickly child, he read widely in his grandfather's library, loving Gothic tales and astronomy. He did not finish high school and spent his early adult life largely at home. He began writing for amateur journalism groups and then for pulp magazines, especially Weird Tales. His stories mix horror with science fiction, describing ancient beings from beyond the stars who are indifferent to humanity and whose existence drives those who learn of it toward madness. The Call of Cthulhu (1928) introduced a creature that became the center of a shared mythology later called the Cthulhu Mythos, which friends and later writers expanded. Other stories include The Colour Out of Space and At the Mountains of Madness. He was married briefly and lived in New York before returning to Providence, where he died in poverty in 1937. His work became widely known only after his death.

H. P. Lovecraft is also an author in the library: author page and works.

Faith: Moved away from his parents' Protestantism and was an atheist as an adult. Source: Wikipedia