Hazel Heald

Hazel Heald
Birth Date	April 6, 1896
Death Date	February 4, 1961
Deathplace	Monmouth, Maine, USA
Nationality	American
Genre	Horror, Weird Fiction

𝓦𝐓 Hazel Drake Heald was an American horror and weird fiction author from Somerville, Massachusetts. She is best known as a revision client of Lovecraft. Lovecraft revised several of her stories, many of which were published in Weird Tales and credited solely to Heald.

Stories Revised By Lovecraft

• "The Man of Stone"
• "Winged Death"
• "The Horror in the Museum"
• "Out of the Aeons"
• "The Horror in the Burying-Ground"

Relationship with Lovecraft

There are few details of her time working with Lovecraft. It is documented that she and Lovecraft began corresponding in 1932, and it is possible they met once in person. Colleague C. M. Eddy stated once that he believed Heald harbored romantic feelings for Lovecraft.