Herman Melville
http://www.melville.org/
Alright, so maybe you didn�t like reading Moby Dick in high school; that doesn�t mean that it wasn�t worthwhile, though, right? Melville is actually a pretty approachable author, not to mention his importance to the American tradition. Try him again here�you�ll find a comprehensive amount of information about the author of arguably �the great American novel.�