David Stuart Davies is the author of five novels featuring private detective hero, Johnny Hawke, and another nine novels featuring Sherlock Holmes as well as several non-fiction books about the Baker Street detective including the movie volume Starring Sherlock Holmes. He served as a committee member of the Crime Writers' Association, editing their monthly magazine, Red Herrings, for twenty years. David is the general contributing editor for Wordsworth Editions Mystery & Supernatural series and a major contributor of introductions to the Collectors' Library classic editions.