Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.

He was a short story author and a poet. His work was steeped in horror and science fiction. His work is influential not just in the United States but worldwide. Many consider him to be the first writer of detective fiction.

Poe was also one of the first American writers to solely make their living on their writing.

Some of his most famous work includes the short stories The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado and the poem “The Raven”.

Poe died in 1849 under mysterious circumstances in Baltimore, Maryland.

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