This document lists various authors and literary works that were influenced by Edgar Allan Poe. It discusses how Poe invented the modern detective story genre with works like "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and how this influenced later authors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. It also notes Poe's influence on American authors like Herman Melville, William Faulkner, and Walt Whitman as well as contemporary French poet Paul Valery. Additionally, it discusses how Poe shaped the horror and science fiction genres through early works and how this inspired Stephen King and Jules Verne respectively.