Texas inmate becomes famous author September 26, 2007
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William Sydney Porter served three years in prison, and died penniless 9 years later. Today, nearly a century later, he’s known as the master of the short story.
While working as a bank teller in Houston, the fledgling author was accused of embezzling a few thousand dollars, prompting his rather sudden move to Honduras. [W]hen he came back to visit his dying wife, he was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. It was here that convict Porter assumed the pen name O. Henry. His incarceration offered him the time to write as well as a chance to mix with a slew of seedy characters, perfect fodder for his fiction.
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