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He was a prolific American short-
story writer, and he was known for giving surprise endings in his stories
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Born in Greensboro, North Carolina
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His name is William Sydney Porter
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His father was a physician, and his
mother died when William was only three years old
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Raised by his paternal grandmother
and aunt
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He liked to read a lot but he
dropped out of his school in order to work at a drugstore
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In 1882 he got married
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In 1884 William started a funny
weekly, which was called "The Rolling Stone," but it failed to catch
on
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In 1897 he was convicted for
supposedly embezzling money
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While in prison he started writing
short stories for money to support his daughter Margaret
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