Edgar Allan Poe

A Life

A groundbreaking exploration of one of America’s most iconic and misunderstood authors

Winner of the 2026 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical book

“This Edgar Allan Poe Biography Is One for the Ages.”
– Carl Rollyson, The New York Sun

“Kopley tells us he has read and researched Poe for so long, the writer has become a friend. Read Edgar Allan Poe and make him yours.”
–Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life