Edgar Allan Poe

Birth: 19th January 1809
Death: 7th October 1849

Considering Poe because I am a goth cliché and would like to make some spooky drawings based on spooky writings.

Notable works include: The Raven (of course), The Tell Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, Annabel Lee, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat, The Masque of Red Death
- A large body of work including poems and short stories - considered one of the pioneers of the short story.
- Common themes of Death and Loss - Very Macabre
- Considered the inventor of detective fiction & contributed to the science fiction genre.
- First well known American writer to earn a living through writing alone - He was real poor a lot of the time.

A lot of his actual life is a mystery due to the time he lived and the fact that after his death he was subject to a lot of slander due to the enemies he made when writing reviews for the "Southern Literary Messenger". Basically he was the original starving artist, attempting to live with some alcohol problems and with not a lot of money.

- married his cousin Virginia Clem in 1935.
- Previously may have been engaged to another, but she left him for another man while he was attempting University.
- had a bus load of drinking problems
- Died in 1949 - the cause is still a mystery.
- Jules Verne wanted to be buddies - I know this from a Kate Beaton comic

- A lot of writers love the Poe. Arthur Conan Doyle described him as "the supreme original short story writer of all time" 

About his works:
The Raven :
-Spooky and Atmospheric - I am about that life
Why was he so obsessed with death and loss? - Something to investigate.