Sunand Tryambak Joshi (born June 22, 1958) is an American literary critic whose work has largely focused on weird and fantastic fiction, especially the life and work of H. P. Lovecraft and associated writers. Career His literary criticism focuses upon the worldviews of authors. His The Weird Tale examines horror and fantasy writing by Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, Lord Dunsany, M. R. James, Ambrose Bierce, and Lovecraft. Personal life S. T. Joshi was born on June 22, 1958 in Pune, India to Tryambak M. Joshi and Padmini T. Joshi. When he was four, his family moved to the United States and settled in Indiana. He discovered the work of Lovecraft at age 13 in a public library in Muncie, Indiana. He also read L. Sprague de Camp's biography of Lovecraft, Lovecraft: A Biography, on publication in 1975, and began thereafter to devote himself to Lovecraft. This devotion led him to decline offers from Yale and Harvard so that he could attend Brown University. He is an atheist. Currently, he lives in Seattle, Washington. Joshi married Leslie Gary Boba on September 1, 2001. They divorced in December 2010. In August 2014, Joshi opposed the campaign to change the World Fantasy Award statuette from Gahan Wilson's bust of Lovecraft to one of African-American author Octavia Butler, and returned his World Fantasy Awards in protest. Notable publications Books Lord Dunsany: A Bibliography (1993) (co-writer: Darrell Schweitzer) H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996) Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography (Arkham House, 1999) I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft (2010) Lord Dunsany: A Comprehensive Bibliography (2013) Edited volumes Miscellaneous Writings by H. P. Lovecraft (Arkham House, 1995). The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft (Penguin Classics No. 1, 1999). The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft (Penguin Classics No. 2, 2001). The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft (Penguin Classics No. 3, 2005). Awards References External links 1958 births Living people American literary critics American male biographers American book editors American speculative fiction critics American speculative fiction editors American atheists Brown University alumni American male writers of Indian descent H. P. Lovecraft scholars Indian emigrants to the United States Science fiction critics Science fiction editors World Fantasy Award-winning writers Writers from Pune Cthulhu Mythos writers American satirists Weird fiction