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Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
1865–1933
Best known for the haunting 1895 story collection The King in Yellow, this American writer moved easily between weird fiction, romance, adventure, and historical popular fiction. Before he became a bestselling author, he trained seriously as an artist in New York and Paris.
32 Audiobooks
The King in Yellow
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Adventures of a Modest Man
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Fighting Chance
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Blue-Bird Weather
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Tracer of Lost Persons
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Green Mouse
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Flaming Jewel
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Maid-At-Arms: A Novel
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Between Friends
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Japonette
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Special Messenger
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Danger Mark
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Police!!!
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Hidden Children
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Barbarians
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
In Secret
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Who Goes There!
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Lorraine: A Romance
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Maids of Paradise
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Athalie
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Slayer of Souls
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Ailsa Paige: A Novel
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Gay Rebellion
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Crimson Tide: A Novel
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Moonlit Way: A Novel
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Quick Action
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Hidden Children
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Fighting Chance
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Cardigan
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Streets of Ascalon: Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre.
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
In Secret
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
In the Quarter
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
About the author
Born in Brooklyn on May 26, 1865, Robert William Chambers first set out to be a painter. He studied at the Art Students League of New York and then in Paris at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts, and his work was exhibited before his writing career took over.
His literary breakthrough came with The King in Yellow in 1895, a collection whose eerie linked stories helped make his name endure. Although that book later became especially influential with horror and weird-fiction readers, Chambers was remarkably prolific across many other kinds of fiction too, including society novels, romances, adventure tales, and historical stories.
Chambers remained a widely read popular author for decades and published a large body of work during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He died in New York on December 16, 1933, but his strangest fiction still stands out for its unsettling atmosphere and lasting influence.