Fergus Hume (1859-1932)Fergus Hume, also known as Ferguson Wright Hume, was a successful English author best known for his detective fiction, suspense novels, and mysteries. He lived from 8 July 1859 to 12 July 1932. The second son of James C. Hume, a Scot who worked as a clerk and steward at the County Pauper and Lunatic Asylum in Powick, Worcestershire, England, Hume was born there. His family moved to Dunedin, New Zealand, when he was three years old, where he pursued a legal education. Hume moved to Melbourne, Australia, as a barristers' clerk soon after graduating. He started creating plays, but he was unable to get theatre directors to read or even accept them. In addition to various collections and more than 130 novels, Hume wrote the majority of them as mystery stories. He also contributed words to songs that his brother-in-law Charles Willeby had composed. He is listed as an "author" in the 1911 Census, residing in Church Cottage, Essex, at the age of 51. He passed away at Thundersley on July 12, 1932, and is buried close to the Rev. Maley and an actress in an unmarked cemetery. He only left a few little things in his will, including a pipe and a horse blanket. Read More Read Less