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Anthony Berkeley Cox
AuthorBooks · Second hand1893-1971
Anthony Berkeley Cox was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. He was a founder of the Detection Club, and his novel Before the Fact (1932) was filmed as the Alfred Hitchcock classic Suspicion (1941).
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About Anthony Berkeley Cox
Birth
1893
Death
1971
First book
1925
Years writing
45
Anthony Berkeley Cox was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. He was a founder of the Detection Club, and his novel Before the Fact (1932) was filmed as the Alfred Hitchcock classic Suspicion (1941).
Anthony Berkeley Cox was a prolific British writer who published under various pseudonyms such as Anthony Berkeley, Frances Iles, and A. Monmouth Platts.
His most notable work, Malice Aforethought, is a fundamental reference in detective and mystery literature.
Throughout his career, Cox wrote a total of 39 works exploring both detective fiction and fantasy.
Born in Watford in 1893, he combined his role as a novelist with a distinguished career as a journalist.
The author is particularly renowned for creating the iconic character Roger Sheringham, the protagonist of several of his detective stories.
