Arthur B. Reeve
American novelist (1880–1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 – August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is known best for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, for 18 detective novels. Reeve is famous mostly for the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were published grouped together as episodic novels. The 12-volume publication Craig Kennedy Stories was released during 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.
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Born | Arthur Benjamin Reeve (1880-10-15)October 15, 1880 New York City, U.S. |
Died | August 9, 1936(1936-08-09) (aged 55) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University New York Law School |
Genre | Mystery fiction |