Vincent Starrett
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| Born: | October 26, 1886 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Died: | January 5, 1974 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation: | newspaperman, writer |
| Nationality: | U.S. |
| Genres: | Detective fiction, fantasy, horror |
Vincent Starrett (October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974) was an American writer and newspaperman.
[edit] Biography
Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett was born on October 26, 1886 above his grandfather's bookshop in Toronto. His father moved the family to Chicago in the late 1890s where Starrett attended John Marshall High School. Starrett landed a job as a cub reporter with the Chicago Inter-Ocean in 1905. When that paper folded, two years later, he began working for the Chicago Daily News as a crime reporter, a feature writer and finally a war correspondent in Mexico from 1914 to 1915. Starrett turned to writing mystery and supernatural fiction for the pulp magazines during the 1920s and 1930s. His most famous work, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, was published in 1933. He retired from The Chicago Tribune in 1965 where he wrote a book column for 20 years. Starett was one of the founders of the Chicago chapter of the Baker Street Irregulars.
[edit] References
- Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 893. ISBN 0-312-15897-1.
- Ruber, Peter (2000). Arkham's Masters of Horror. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 403-410. ISBN 0-87054-177-3.
- "Vincent Starrett, Writer, Sherlock Holmes Expert", The Washington Post, 1974-01-13. (in English)
