William John Locke

1863 – 1930

Born in British Guyana, he spent his early life alternating between the West Indies and England and graduated in mathematics from Cambridge University (Wikipedia). He started in teaching but began a very successful writing career in 1894.

• At the gate of Samaria
• Far-away stories
• Stella Maris
• The belovéd vagabond
• The house of Baltazar
• The red planet
• The Usurper
• The wonderful year
• The lengthened shadow
• A Christmas mystery
• A Christmas mystery
• A study in shadows