Henry Cuyler Bunner, an American author and poet was born in Oswego, New York, in the summer of 1855. He was educated in New York City and after stints as a clerk in an importing house and reporting, he become the assitant editor of a weekly comic, Puck . He was quickly named editor and held that position until his death, guiding Puck into an important literary publication that also had social and political weight.
He was a gifted poet and clever humorist. It was in the short story form where he seems to have done his best work, with Short Sixes (1891) standing out as a particular favorite from his body of work.