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Edgar Daniel Kramer
1887–1966
A Baltimore-born poet, teacher, and prolific magazine writer, he published across an unusually wide range of venues, from popular pulps to major newspapers. His work moved easily between poetry, short fiction, and religious writing, giving readers a glimpse of a versatile early-20th-century literary life.
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Murder mask
by Edgar Daniel Kramer
About the author
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 9, 1887, Edgar Daniel Kramer was an American poet, author, and teacher. Reliable library and reference sources consistently describe him as a prolific writer whose poems and stories appeared in many magazines and newspapers over the course of his career.
Kramer is especially remembered today for his short fiction and verse, including work preserved by public-domain archives and genre bibliographies. Sources also connect him with religious and devotional writing later in life, showing a career that ranged from imaginative magazine pieces to openly Christian books and poems.
He died in July 1966 in Maryland. Although he is not a widely known household name now, surviving archives suggest a steady, hardworking author whose writing reached many different kinds of readers.