Brian Lumley joined the British Army's Royal Military Police and wrote stories in his spare time before retiring and becoming a professional writer. He is the author of the bestselling Necroscope series of vampire novels, featuring Harry Keogh. An acknowledged master of Lovecraft-style horror, his works have been published in more than a dozen countries and have inspired comic books, role-playing games, and sculpture. They have also been adapted for television, with a movie in development.