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Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
1906–1936
Best known for creating Conan the Barbarian, this Texas-born pulp writer packed a remarkable amount of invention into a very short life. His stories helped shape modern sword-and-sorcery fantasy and still feel fast, vivid, and full of momentum.
34 Audiobooks
Skulls in the stars
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Queen of the Black Coast
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The Devil in Iron
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The shadow kingdom
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The haunter of the ring
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Shadows in Zamboula
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Rattle of bones
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The Hyborian Age
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Red shadows
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The Hour of the Dragon
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The People of the Black Circle
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The dream snake
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Red Nails
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
A Witch Shall Be Born
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Black hound of death
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Black Canaan
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Skull-face
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Jewels of Gwahlur
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The fire of Asshurbanipal
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The hyena
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The grisly horror
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The fearsome touch of death
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Dig me no grave
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Sea curse
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Gods of the North
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The mirrors of Tuzun Thune
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Beyond the Black River
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Shadows in the Moonlight
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The hills of the dead
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Kings of the night
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Crowd-horror
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The lost race
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The Moon of Skulls
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
The voice of El-lil
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
About the author
Born in Peaster, Texas, on January 22, 1906, he grew up in Texas and began publishing adventure fiction while still young. He sold work to the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, especially Weird Tales, where his energetic style and love of history, action, and myth quickly stood out.
He wrote across several genres, including fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing stories, and westerns. Along with Conan, he created memorable characters such as Solomon Kane, Kull, and Bran Mak Morn, and he is widely regarded as a founding figure in sword-and-sorcery fiction.
His life was brief—he died in Cross Plains, Texas, on June 11, 1936, at the age of 30—but his influence lasted far beyond the pulp era. New editions, adaptations, and generations of fantasy writers have kept his work in circulation, and his fiction remains known for its raw energy, atmosphere, and sense of adventure.