Hugh B. Cave

Hugh Barnett Cave (11 July 1910 - 27 June 2004) was a writer of pulp fiction, contributing to Black Mask, Weird Tales, and similar publications. Later he contributed to Saturday Evening Post and Colliers. He was born in Chester, England. During his childhood, he moved with his family to Boston, Massachusetts. He also lived for a time in the Caribbean. He was named after the writer Hugh Walpole, a favorite author of his mother, a nurse who also had known Rudyard Kipling.

Hugh Cave sold his first story while attending Brookline High School. He attended Boston University on a scholarship, but had to leave when his father was severely injured.