The novel Absolute Power by David Baldacci is an intense thriller that, like its author, is clever and interesting. The knowledge he gained as a lawyer aided in shaping his career as a successful suspense writer. Baldacci writes about what interests him, and his interest comes through in the pages ...

David Baldacci was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1960. After high school he attended Virginia Commonwealth University, where he received his Bachelor of Art in political science. Immediately afterwards he began law school at the University of Virginia. While he was attending law school, he began...

The life of Edgar Allan Poe is almost as strange as his poems and short stories. He is considered by many to be one of the most famous poets and short-story writers. Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts to Eliza and David Poe Jr. His parents were both actors and shortly...

Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" describes a horrific vengeance killing: the burying alive of a man. Montresor, a man of no small means, seeks revenge on a friend of his, the unsuspecting Fortunato. Montresor never mentions what Fortunato did to deserve such wrath; yet Mon...

Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, journalist, writer of short stories, and winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for literature. He created a distinguished body for prose fiction, much of which was based on his adventurous life. Hemingway was the second of six children of Clarence and Grace Heming...

The Writer WithinWhen did I first discover the writer within? Over the course of time, what has happened to that writer? Where is that writer now? It was 1972 at Ed White Elementary school in, Houston, Texas where my histories as a writer surely begin. During my attendance of second grade, my teach...