Thomas Ligotti (born July 9 1953) is a contemporary American horror author and reclusive literary cult figure. His writings while unique in style have been notedTemplate:By whom? as major continuations of several literary genres most prominently Lovecraftian horror and have overall been describedTemplate:By whom? as works of philosophical horror often written as philosophical novels with a darker undertone which is similar to gothic fiction. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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