Francis Iles: pseudonym for Anthony Berkeley, which is itself a pseudonym for Anthony Berkeley Cox (5 July 1893-9 Mar 1971): British soldier, journalist, book reviewer: * 3 novels as Francis Iles -- the works he's best known for, due to intricate and ingenious plot construction plus deconstructing the conventions of the genre * Before the Fact [1932] * 20 mystery/detective novels as Anthony Berkeley, (series characters Ambrose Chitterwick, Roger Sheringham) * 2 unrelated novels under own name * 1 play * 3 other books (journalism, England, limericks) In the Periodic Table of the Elements, "I" stands for Iodine. In the Periodic Table of the Mystery Authors, "I" stands for Francis Iles! 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] Francis Iles