Author: Willard M. Oliver
WILLARD M. OLIVER is, in the words of Robert E. Howard, just “some lined-faced scrivener.” He serves as a professor of criminal justice at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas; is a retired major in the Military Police Corps, United States Army; and is an Operation Desert Storm veteran. The author/editor of thirty books, Robert E. Howard is his second biography, the first being August Vollmer: The Father of American Policing. He is a member of the Robert E. Howard United Press Association, has published articles in The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, and has been recognized for his work by the Robert E. Howard Foundation. He lives with his family in Huntsville, Texas.
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Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author
Published: March, 2025 Pages: 592 Features: 49 b&w illus. Notes. Bib. Index.
Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) is most widely known today as the creator of Conan the Cimmerian, more popularly referred to as Conan the Barbarian. However, he also wrote across a wide array of genres for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, including westerns, sports stories (boxing), adventures, supernatural horror, and even humor. Howard also created many other popular characters such as King Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane, Steve Costigan, and Breckenridge Elkins. More importantly, he created two specific subgenres of fiction: sword and sorcery (sometimes referred to as heroic fantasy) and weird westerns. more... about Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author