birth_place imagesize nationality birth_date genre article_title occupation
spencer , iowa 150px united states august 7 , 1936 poetry , fantasy , horror richard l. tierney
 poet , novelist , short story writer
richard l. tierney

richard l -lrb- ouis -rrb- .
tierney -lrb- born august 7 , 1936 -rrb- is an american writer , poet and scholar of h. p. lovecraft .
he is the coauthor -lrb- with david c. smith -rrb- of a series of red sonja novels , featuring cover art by boris vallejo .
some of his standalone novels utilize the mythology of lovecraft 's cthulhu mythos .
