Detection by Gaslight

1944

American historian, editor, and author > Douglas G. Greene is by profession a university teacher and by avocation a dilettante. He graduated from the University of South Florida in 1966, and after obtaining the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago he joined the faculty of Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1971. Since 1983, he has been Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Humanities. He is author and/or editor of eight books, including two posthumous collections of stories and plays by John Dickson Carr: *The Door to Doom* (1980) and *The Dead Sleep Lightly* (1983). He is married with two children. >>From "The Editor…

1859-05-22 – 1930-07-07

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.^[1][1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle

1 November 1863 – 4 December 1945

**Arthur George Morrison** (1 November 1863 – 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for detective stories featuring the detective Martin Hewitt. He also collected Japanese art and published several works on the subject. Much of his collection entered the British Museum, through both purchase and bequest. Morrison's best known work of fiction is his novel A Child of the Jago (1896). [Wikipedia]