Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
He was married to the Irish writer Rosamond Langbridge, with whom he had one son.
The Borough Treasurer, 1921
The Charing Cross Mystery, 1923
The Chestermarke Instinct, 1921
Dead Men's Money, 1920
The Herapath Property, 1921
In the Days of Drake, 1897
In the Mayor's Parlour, 1922
The Ivory God, 1907
The Middle of Things, 1922
The Middle Temple Murder, 1919
The Orange-Yellow Diamond, 1921
The Paradise Mystery, 1921
Ravensdene Court, 1922
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation, 1922
The Safety Pin, 1924
Scarhaven Keep , 1922
The Talleyrand Maxim, 1920