I guess this was already supposed to be done, but I didn't know that or maybe I just wasn't paying attention.  Sorry, Mrs C.  Anyways, Stephen Crane was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 1, 1871.  He lived an exciting life, from going to school at Syracuse University and being the star on the baseball team to living in New York City writing novels.  It doesn't sound to exciting to me, but Im sure it was to him.  He wrote The Red Badge of Courage on a bet with his friend and he that he wouldn't be able to write a better war novel than Emile Zola's The Downfall.  However, he won the bet and continued his life traveling about the world to various battle fields.  This stressful job is probably what led to his death.  Stephen Crane died in Bandenwiler, Germany, on June 5, 1900 at 28 years old.  Poor fellow.