Conrad Gagnon
Honors English 9 Yellows
October 15th, 2012.
William Sydney
Porter, who went by the name O'Henry, was an American writer who lived from September 11th,
1862- June 5th, 1910. His mother died of
tuberculosis when he was 3. Along side writing, William played guitar and
mandolin, and performed in a
group called the Hill City Quartet.He married Athol
Estes, a tuberculosis patient. He wrote a humorous
weekly paper called "The Rolling Stone". O'Henry went to jail for
embezzlement when he worked at a bank. Athol Estes porter
died on July 25th, 1897 from tuberculosis.
Hector Hugh Munro, or Saki, was a British writer who lived from December 18th,
1870-November 13th, 1916. His worked was often dark and macabre, and he had a brilliant use of irony. His work often parodied modern (at the time) culture in Britain. He wrote a play called The Watched Pot, a historical study called The Rise Of The Russian Empire. He also wrote When William Came, which was about a future German invasion of Britain. 
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 9th of 1809. He was born in Boston, abandoned by his unknown father after his mother's death. He was adopted by John and Frances Allan. He married his thirteen year old cousin at the age of twenty-six. He wrote many stories of the grizzly and elusive nature, his most famous being The Raven. He died of an unknown cause at the age of 40, after vanishing onto the streets of Baltimore for five days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
