thumb|200px|E.W. Howe (before 1912)

Edgar Watson Howe (May 3, 1853 – October 3, 1937), Having been raised Methodist, he described himself as identifying with Methodism but is essentially a cultural Christian, according to his writing.

Howe's first novel, The Story of a Country Town (1883), was also his best-known. He had difficulty getting the book published and eventually printed it himself. He sent copies to Mark Twain and William Dean Howells, by whom the work was well-received, thus attracting a publisher.

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