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He also wrote a relatively small amount of science fiction.

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His writing career lasted 60 years, including more than 30 years in television and film. He began his professional writing career immediately after graduation from high school, aged Best known as the writer of Psycho , the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock , Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. Lovecraft , who was the first to seriously encourage his talent.

However, while he started emulating Lovecraft and his brand of cosmic horror , he later specialized in crime and horror stories working with a more psychological approach. Bloch was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter and a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general.

Bloch was born in Chicago, the son of Raphael "Ray" Bloch — , a bank cashier, and his wife Stella Loeb — , a social worker, both of German Jewish descent.

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Bloch's family moved to Maywood , a Chicago suburb, when he was five; he lived there until he was ten. The scene of Chaney removing his mask terrified the young Bloch "it scared the living hell out of me and I ran all the way home to enjoy the first of about two years of recurrent nightmares". It also sparked his interest in horror. He also obtained a pass into the adult section of the public library, where he read omnivorously.

Bloch considered himself a budding artist and worked in pencil sketching and watercolours, but myopia in adolescence seemed to effectively bar art as a career. He had passions for German-made lead toy soldiers and for silent cinema. In , Bloch's father Ray Bloch lost his bank job, and the family moved to Milwaukee , where Stella worked at the Milwaukee Jewish Settlement settlement house.