Algernon Blackwood Writer

Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. S. T. Joshi has stated that "his work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century".

Personal facts

Birth date	March 14, 1869
Birth name	Algernon Henry Blackwood
Birth place	Kent , Shooter's Hill
Nationality	United Kingdom
Date of death	December 10, 1951
Place of death	Kent , Bishopsteighton