 | PERIODIC TABLE OF MYSTERY AUTHORS |
Arthur B. Reeve, full name Arthur Benjamin Reeve (15 Oct 1880-9 Aug 1936): graduate of Princeton and New York Law School; 1906 married Margaret Allen Smith, 2 sons, 1 daughter; Assistant Editor "Public Opinion"; Staff member "Survey"; editor of "Our Own Times" annual; helped establish anti-espionage Detection Laboratory for the federal government, before the FBI was born, and during World War I; best known for having created the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes." * 18 mystery/detective novels with series characters Professor Craig Kennedy and his Dr.Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson (newspaper reporter) * Adventuress [1917] * Avatar [1924] * Boy Scouts' Craig Kennedy [1925] * Clutching Hand [1934] * Craig Kennedy Listens In [1923] * Craig Kennedy On the Farm [1925] * Dream Doctor [1914] * Ear in the Wall [1916] * Enter Craig Kennedy [1935] * Exploits of Elaine [1915] * Film Mystery [1921] * Fourteen Points [1925] * Gold of the Gods [1915] * Kidnap Club [1932] * Panama Plot [1918] * Pandora [1926] * Poisoned Pen [1912] * Radio Detective [1926] * Romance of Elaine [1916] * Silent Bullet [1912] recommended * Social Gangster [1916] * Soul Scar [1919] * Stars Scream Murder [1936] * Treasure Train [1917] * Triumph of Elaine [1916] * War Terror [1915] * 12 mystery/detective story collections * 18 uncollected mystery/detective stories * 1 novelization "Tarzan the Mighty" * 16 mystery/detective screenplays * 1 other book "The Golden Age of Crime" * edited 1 book "The Best Ghost Stories" [Modern Library, 1930] Arthur B. Reeve @ MGrost In the Periodic Table of the Elements, "Re" stands for Rhenium. In the Periodic Table of the Mystery Authors, "Re" stands for Arthur B. Reeve! 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] Arthur B. Reeve