Charles Dickens: Charles Dickens @ MGrost In the Periodic Table of the Elements, "Cd" stands for Cadmium. In the Periodic Table of the Mystery Authors, "Cd" stands for Charles Dickens! Honorable Mentions: Return to Mystery/Detective Table of Contents Return to PERIODIC TABLE OF MYSTERY AUTHORS [Grateful acknowledgment to Professor Erich Friedman for his permission for me to use the table structure and color GIFs of the Periodic Table, above, whose Mystery Author roll-over status names and correlation of Element Abbreviations with Mystery Author names are not the fault of Professor Erich Friedman but purely the work of Professor Jonathan Vos Post] Charles Dickens