Stephen Crane
Author's Bio (see also Wikipedia)
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was born to a devoutly religious family in New Jersey. He grew up among several siblings, seemingly unsure of what he wanted in life. As a young man Crane drifted from one college to another, eventually deciding to drop out in order to become a journalist in New York. His keen observations of the harrowing lives of those in some of New York's poorest neighborhoods led to his first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, in 1893. Finding inspiration in an altogether different time and place, Crane went on to write movingly of the American Civil War in his most famous work, The Red Badge of Courage. It was this later novel that brought Crane critical praise and financial success as a writer. He returned to his journalistic roots, commanding a stellar salary as a war correspondent in Cuba and Greece. Crane settled in England after his years as a reporter, but died of tuberculosis at the young age of twenty-eight.
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