Originally posted by PBE6I wouldn't really know how to describe him...I found a link with a couple of his stories--oddly enough the doomed protagonist of the Hapless Child is named Charlotte.
I've heard of him! Isn't he the guy that writes scary stories, including a "childrens" book about the bad things that happen in alphabetical order when you don't eat your vegetables or contract syphilis?
http://members.fortunecity.com/pandora15/edwardgorey.html