Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett (1878-1957), 18th Baron of Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, who went by the pen name of Lord Dunsany and wrote over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays over the course of his life. He was a master of the (very) short story form and his work is considered to have been a major influence on that of early fantasy writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, and others.

Watch the video above to learn more about Dunsany or the video below to listen to one of his short stories.