William Sidney Porter House roof and the replacement of four brick chimneys lost in 1934. It is the site of the annual O. Henry Pun-Off, a spoken pun competition. The event is traditionally held the first weekend in May. William Sidney Porter House The William Sidney Porter House or O. Henry House is a historic structure in Downtown Austin, Texas. William Sidney Porter, better known as the author O. Henry, lived there between 1893 and 1895. The Porter house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1973. The house is known today as the O. Henry Museum. The cottage
William Watson (writer) to enhance his excellent descriptions of places and intelligent conversations throughout the books. He died in an Edinburgh nursing home on 5 December 2005 after a long illness. He left a wife Catherine Robins. Published under the pseudonym of J.K. Mayo. William Watson (writer) William Hugh Charles Watson was a Scottish author, playwright and newspaper editor. He was initially Literary and then Features editor of the Scotsman newspaper. Born in Edinburgh on 30 April 1931, he attended Edinburgh Academy and then entered Edinburgh and Oxford universities but did not complete either course. He commenced writing novels in 1969 with "Better