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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th century poet, novelist and short story writer, whose curious and often nightmarish work has been highly influential in the genre fields of horror and fantasy. He worked as a literary critic and editor but was more successful as an author. He is also credited with having been the principal initiator of the genre of detective fiction with his three stories about Auguste Dupin, the most famous of which is The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
- Novels
- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
- Well-known stories
- Auguste Dupin:
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue
- The Balloon-Hoax
- The Purloined Letter
- The Mystery of Marie Roget
- Others:
- The Devil in the Belfry
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Black Cat
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- The Masque of the Red Death
- A Descent into the Maelstrom
- The Gold Bug
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdimar
- The Cask of Amontillado
- Well-known poems
- Annabel Lee
- The Bells
- Lenore
- The Raven
- Ulalume
Several of his works were made into movies, several starring Vincent Price.