Mark McGarrity was an American writer who wrote mysteries under the pen name Bartholomew Gill. Most of Mr. McGarrity’s novels featured detective Peter McGarr.

H. P. Lovecraft (20 August, 1890 – 15 March, 1937), born as Howard Philips Lovecraft was an American writer known for horror fiction and spectacular monsters.

John Hawkes (17 August, 1925 – 15 May, 1998) and an American novelist. He is known for his novels The Lime Twig (1961) and The Beetle Leg (1951) among others.