About Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1848) transformed the American literary landscape with his innovations in the short story genre and his haunting lyrical poetry, and he is credited with inventing American gothic horror and detective fiction. He was first published in 1827 and then began a career as a magazine writer and editor and a sharp literary critic. In 1845 the publication of his most famous poem, “The Raven,” brought him national fame.
About Andrew Ward
Andrew Ward
is the author of several award-winning historical works, including River Run
Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War; Our Bones Are
Scattered: The Cawnpore Massacres in the Indian Mutiny of 1857; and Dark Midnight
When I Rise: The Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. A
former contributing editor and essayist at the Atlantic
Monthly, he is a commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered and a columnist for the Washington Post. Ward
has also written numerous articles for American Heritage and National Geographic, as
well as documentary screenplays for WGBH and the Hallmark Channel.