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Freeman Wills Crofts
AuthorBooks · Second hand1879-1957
Freeman Wills Crofts FRSA was an Irish engineer and mystery author, remembered best for his Inspector French novels, starting with Inspector French's Greatest Case (1924).
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About Freeman Wills Crofts
Birth
1879
Death
1957
First book
1927
Years writing
99
Freeman Wills Crofts FRSA was an Irish engineer and mystery author, remembered best for his Inspector French novels, starting with Inspector French's Greatest Case (1924).
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin and enjoyed a successful career as a railway engineer before turning to literature.
His debut novel, The Cask, was written during a sick leave in 1919, establishing him as a master of detective fiction.
He is the creator of the iconic Inspector French, the protagonist of many of his most acclaimed works.
Over the course of three decades, he maintained a steady writing pace, publishing almost one book every year.
His body of work includes 50 titles, cementing his status as a key figure in British mystery fiction.