Arthur B. ReeveAmerican mystery author Arthur Benjamin Reeve was born on October 15, 1880, and passed away on August 9, 1936. The series characters Professor Craig Kennedy, frequently referred to as "The American Sherlock Holmes," and Kennedy's newspaper reporter sdekick Walter Jameson are what made him most famous. These characters appeared in 18 detective books. Reeve is best known for the 82 Craig Kennedy tales that were featured in Cosmopolitan between 1910 and 1918. With the third collection, the short stories were published and compiled as episodic novels. These were collected in books. In 1918, the 12-volume book Craig Kennedy Stories was published; it reprinted all of Reeve's previously published books in a matched set. Reeve altered his career during the 1930s by joining the anti-rackets movement. Reeve, who was raised in Brooklyn, graduated from Princeton and went to law school in New York. Before becoming famous for the 1911 Craig Kennedy story, he worked as an editor and journalist. He was born in Brooklyn and spent the majority of his adult life in numerous residences close to Long Island Sound. He moved to Trenton, New Jersey, in 1932 to be closer to his alma mater, Princeton. In 1936, he perished in Trenton. Read More Read Less