Speaking about the author of the story, I can't but say that Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be one of the most famous American writers of the XIXth century. Despite unhappy and difficult childhood, poverty and "prickly" way to the successful career, Edgar Poe became the remarkable representer of the Romanticism. Poet, short-stories writer, editor and literary critic, "father" of the detective fiction ... all this is about this unusual person. The motives of death, mystery and macabre, irony and so specific sense of humor not only created such an easily-recognizable author's style but also reflected the charming mystery of the writer's soul in his literary masterpieces. Edgar Allan Poe is known for such works as "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Oval Portrait", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", etc.