Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story, and influenced such authors as A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.