H. P. Lovecraft: A Life is a biography of American writer H. P. Lovecraft by S. T. Joshi, first published by Necronomicon Press in 1996. The original one-volume edition was reissued in 2004, with a new afterword by Joshi.
Reception
When first published in 1996, H. P. Lovecraft: A Life was regarded as a "meticulously researched"{{cite journal biography of Lovecraft, taking account of all currently known facts about Lovecraft's life and work. It was met with critical praise; it elicited favorable comments from the horror author Ramsey Campbell and literary critic Harold Bloom,{{cite web ==Awards==