Edgar Allan Poe's Richmond: The Raven in the River City
The 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." TheNew York Timescalled 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 documentaryEdgar 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 theWashington Post, theDaily Telegraphand 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.