The American writer O. Henry (pen name of William Sydney Porter 1862-1910) is considered a master of short story form with a prolific canon: eleven collections published during his lifetime, six ...

One of the most famous writers in Texas history is rarely identified as a Texan. William Sidney Porter, who wrote under the pen name "O. Henry," was one of the most widely read American authors during ...

He was best known for a short pen name, “O. Henry.” The man behind the stories, William Sydney Porter, was a complicated character with a sharp imagination. Porter wrote hundreds of stories in his ...