William Lumley was a late associate of Howard Phillips Lovecraft for whom Lovecraft ghostwrote “The Diary of Alonzo Typer” (1935). Like many of Lovecraft's collaborators, little is known of his life. He is reported to have been from Buffalo, New York, but it is unclear if this was his birthplace. While there has been confusion, there is no relation between William Lumley and Brian Lumley, another horror writer and contributor to the Mythos.