E. E. A. Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe's penchant for ciphers, insects, mysterious stories and his dire financial situation led him to write his famous short story The Golden Beetle (also translated as The Golden Scarab). The result was one of the world's first detective stories about the search for a mysterious treasure, but also about obsession and greed. Poe wrote several collections of stories with a detective plot, and it was The Golden Beetle, for example, which brought him fame during his lifetime, alongside the horror story The Pit and the Pendulum.