American novelist (1917–1994) best known as the author of Psycho, the novel upon which Alfred Hitchcock based his 1960 horror classic. ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 27, 1991. Bloch puts a humorous spin on how he became a writer. In full: "The greatest obstacle I had to surmount in my life was the tremendous nation-wide economic depression which stretched across the decade of the 1930s. I graduated from high school in June 1934-the very middle of this mess. Less than 3% of high school graduates could afford to go on to college. And there was no employment, aside from manual labor. You couldn't get a job without experience, and you couldn't get experience without a job. As a result of this Catch-22 situation I decided to become a writer-and that's what I've been, ever since I sold my first story, six weeks after graduating from high school. That was fifty-seven years ago and I'm still writing, because I still can't find a job." In fine condition, with intersecting mailing folds and a tiny corner crease. RRAuction COA.
