Christopher P SemtnerThe curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia, Christopher Semtner has served as author, coauthor or editor of eight books on Poe. He has created museum exhibits on Poe in the Comics, Poe's Mysterious Death and Poe in the Movies. Th New York Times called the exhibit he curated for the Library of Virginia, Poe: Man, Myth or Monster, provocative and a playful, robust exhibit. Semtner regularly speaks on Poe at schools and libraries and recently appeared in the BBC documentary Edgar Allan Poe: Love, Death, and Women. In addition to his museum work, Semtner is an artist whose paintings have entered public collections, including those of the Poe House of Baltimore and the University of Maryland. His photography has appeared in the Washington Post, the Daily Telegraph and a number of other publications. He lives in Bon Air, Virginia, with three cats who allow him and his wife to share a house with them. Read More Read Less