Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
(1809 – 1849)
An American Author and Poet, Best known for tales of Mystery and Macabre…..He is also credited with contributing to the emerging genre of his time, science fiction. No one is really sure how he died.
Some of his “Tales”:
The Raven
The Black Cat
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Masque of the Red Death
The Premature Burial
These are just a few….. Many of his works have been made into films.
He is buried in Westminster Burial Ground, Baltimore MD.