As a kid, I loved detective stories. My favorites were Agatha Christie (I can’t wait to read this new bookabout poisons in Agatha Christie stories). I also devoured Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. Both Christie and Conan Doyle… Read More
On August 30th, 1889, the managing editor of Lippincott’s, an American literary magazine, came to London. The editor, J.M. Stoddart, was recruiting authors to write for a British version of the magazine. He threw a dinner party at the elegant… Read More