Author Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 60 mystery stories featuring the wildly popular
detective character Sherlock Holmes and his loyal assistant Watson.

On May 22, 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1890 his
novel, A Study in Scarlet, introduced the character of Detective Sherlock Holmes.
Doyle would go on to write 60 stories about Sherlock Holmes. He also strove to spread
his Spiritualism faith through a series of books that were written from 1918 to 1926.

Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in 'A Study of Scarlet', published in
'Beeton's Christmas Annual' in 1887. Its success encouraged Conan Doyle to write
more stories involving Holmes but, in 1893,Conan Doyle killed off Holmes, hoping to
concentrate on more serious writing. A public outcry later made him resurrect Holmes. In addition, Conan Doyle wrote a number of other novels, including 'The Lost World' and various non-fictional works. Doyle died of a heart attack in Crowborough, England on July 7, 1930.