Possible Clues:

• "The Bells" poet
• "Star Wars" pilot Dameron
• 'The Raven' author
• Longfellow contemporary
• 'The Pit and the Pendulum' author
• Eerie author
• "The Cask of Amontillado" author
• "The Purloined Letter" writer
• 'The Oblong Box' writer
• "The Fall of the House of Usher" writer