Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, best known for his poetry and for short stories about mystery and the macabre. His best-known works include the poem The Raven, along with stories such as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Poe was one of the first successful American practitioners of the short story and is generally considered a pioneer of detective fiction. He died in Baltimore in 1849.