Saki

H. H. Munro (18 December 1870 - 14 November 1916), also known by his pen name Saki or simply as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose works make humorous, cheeky, and occasionally macabre fun of Edwardian society and culture. He is frequently compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker and is considered a master of the short story by academics and English professors. Along with Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Rudyard Kipling, he had an influence on A. A. Milne, Noel Coward, and P. G. Wodehouse. He also co-wrote The Watched Pot with Charles Maude, two one-act plays, The Rise of the Russian Empire, a historical study, The Unbearable Bassington, a short novel, The Westminster Alice, a parliamentary parody of Alice in Wonderland, and When in addition to his short stories, which were initially published in newspapers as was customary at the time and later collected into several volumes. H. H. Munro was born in Akyab, British Burma, then a part of British India (it is now Sittwe). Charles Augustus Munro, an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and Mary Frances Mercer (1843-1872), a descendant of Rear Admiral Samuel Mercer, were the parents of Saki.