Vincent Starrett

About

Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett was a Canadian-born American writer, newspaperman, and bibliophile. He was born on October 26, 1886 in Toronto, Canada and died on January 5, 1974 (aged 87) Chicago, United States. Starrett first notable job was as a cub reporter with the Chicago inter-ocean in 1905. When that paper folded two years later he began working for the Chicago daily news as a crime reporter, a feature writer, and finally a war correspondent in Mexico from 1914 to 1915. Starrett turned to writing mystery and supernatural fiction for pulp magazines during the 1920s and 1930s. He also wrote the following books:
- a Sherlock Holmes pastiche entitled The Adventure of the Unique "Hamlet"
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
- Coffins for Two, Covici-McGee Company
- Autolycus in Limbo
- Books Alive
as well as some others. Note that he is not the guy who made Sherlock holmes in case you get confused. He was also a big supporter of HP Lovecraft's work as well as publishing to weird tales (the pulp magazines that HP Lovecraft used to publish on)