Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce marubuci Ba'amurke ne, satirist, kuma ɗan jarida wanda ya rayu daga 1842 zuwa kusan 1914. An fi saninsa da salon saɓo, sau da yawa sardonic, da kuma salon rubutunsa mai matuƙar mahimmanci, wanda sau da yawa yakan yi magana da mafi duhun yanayin ɗan adam. . Wasu daga cikin shahararrun ayyukansa sun haɗa da "Wani Faruwa a Gadar Owl Creek," "Kamus na Iblis," da "Chickamauga." Bierce kuma tsohon soja ne a yakin basasar Amurka, kuma abubuwan da ya samu a lokacin wannan rikici sun yi tasiri a yawancin rubuce-rubucensa.