Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer born in 1809 in Boston. He is known for his works of mystery and horror such as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher," which helped establish the modern detective story genre. His most famous poem is "The Raven," published in 1845. The document also summarizes Poe's short story "The Mystery of Marie Roget," about a beautiful young woman found dead in the Seine River in Paris, which detective C. Auguste Dupin investigates to find the killer.