Hugh Barnett Cave was a prolific writer of pulp fiction who also excelled in other genres. Born in Chester, England, Hugh B. Cave moved during his childhood with his family to Boston, Massachusetts, following the outbreak of World War I. His first name was in honor of Hugh Walpole, a favorite author of his mother, a nurse, who had once known Rudyard Kipling. Cave attended Brookline High School. After graduating, Cave attended Boston University on a scholarship but had to leave when his father was severely injured. He worked initially for a vanity press, the only regular job he would ever... have. He quit this position at age 20 to write for a living. From 1932 until his death in 1997, Cave corresponded extensively with fellow pulp writer Carl Richard Jacobi. Selections of this correspondence can be found in Cave's memoir Magazines I Remember. Relations with his fellow pulp writers were not always so cordial. In the 1930s, Cave lived in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, but he never met H.P. Lovecraft, who lived in nearby Providence. The two engaged in a heated exchange of correspondence regarding the ethics and aesthetics of writing for the pulps.
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| Birthdate: | July 11, 1910 |
| Birthplace: | Chester |
| Date of death: | June 27, 2004 |
| Also known as: | Hugh Barnett Cave, John Starr, Justin Case |