HowardCimmeria - A Poem The Phoenix on the Sword The Scarlet Citadel The Tower of the Elephant Black Colossus The Slithering Shadow or Xuthal of the DuskThe Pool of the Black One Rogues in the House Gods of the North Iron Shadows in the Moon or Shadows in the MoonlightQueen of the Black Coast The Devil in Iron The People of the Black Circle A Witch Shall be BornJewels of Gwahlur Beyond the Black River Shadows in Zamboula or Man-Eaters of ZamboulaConan the Conqueror or The Hour of the DragonRed Nails The Hyborian Age Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.