O Henry

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• His real name is William Sydney Porter.
• He was a drop out and he dropped out of school when he was 15.
• One of the first short stories he wrote was when he was in prison.
• He wrote at least one story a week if not more.
• He published over 500 short stories during his life and also published 10 books full of his short stories.
• His stories offten offered a surprise at the ending for the reader.
• He moved to New York in 1901 when he started fully writing his short stories.
• During the last 10 years of his life, he became the most popular writer in America.
• His model for story telling became a model not only for short stories, but also for movies.

All of this information was found on Encarta.