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Robert W. Chamber's Biography
Robert William Chambers(1865-1933)
Was an American artist and writer of horror and weird fiction whose work is inspired by HP Lovecraft and other authors from these genres. He is principally known for his short story collection The King in Yellow.
He was born on May 26th, 1865 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He studied at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Then he moved to Paris because he entered the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, he studied from 1886 to 1893 there. In 1893 he returned to New York and sold his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue. After that, he published his first book in 1894, In the Quarter, which was written in 1887 in Munich.
However, the most recognized one is his second book, The King in Yellow, written in 1895, which combines his new stories in relationship with the original stories of fantasy and horror that have been well-recognized. There began his career as a writer and suddenly he continued with a variation of topics and written styles. In The maker of moons (1896) and The mystery of choice (1897) followed by the most known The King in Yellow. Then he turns Copernican to his work and it will change fiction paranormal with the romantic-historical novel (The red republic, Lorraine, Ashes of the Empire), becoming one of the first and authentic writers of Best-Sellers following the style of Victoria Holt or Harold Robbins. The reason why he was one of the most successful writers of his period.
On July 12 1898 he married Elsa Vaugh Moller(1882-1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers who also got some fame as an author. Robert W. Chambers died on December 16th of 1933 when he was 63 after surgery for his intestine disease.
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