Phoebe McAlister's Profile

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American
writer, poet, editor and literary critic,
considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest
American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the
detective-fiction genre. He is further
credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.^[1] He
was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing
alone, resulting in a financially