Famous American writer, who developed after Edgar By the genre of "terrible" story Born in 1842 . in the farmer's family (Ohio) . Worked in a printing house, working in a brick factory. Participation in the war between the North and the South prompted him the plots of many stories. He also wrote poems, essays, articles. In 1871. publishes his first story, "The Valley of Ghosts" in the magazine "Overland Munsley", which brought worldwide fame to Bret Hart, Jack London Journalism did not give him wealth. The attempt to become a businessman was also unsuccessful. With the money of admirers publishes collections "In the thick of life" (1891), "Can it be?" (1892), "Fantastic fables" (1899) 19091912. The first and only collection of works in 12 volumes is printed... 250 copies. In 1913. Beers went to Mexico as a war correspondent and went missing. His disappearance was surrounded by legends.