- O. Henry is a pseudonym for William Sydney Porter
- Wrote one story per week
- O. Henry published ten collections of stories in his career that was nearly even ten years.
- His most famous stories had very ironic endings
- This style of ironic endings were in many movies and television programs.
- O. Henry lived from 1862-1910
- Born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Dropped out of school at age 15 to work in his uncles drug store.
- Did not actually start writing until his mids-30's
- Founded a weekly humor magazine, The Rolling Stone, in 1849
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