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Thomas Burke (1886-22 Sep 1945) British mystery/detective author who served in the American Division of the Ministry of Information during World War I, then married Winifred Wells (who wrote under pseudonym Clare Cameron) * 2 mystery/detective novels * 8 collections of mystery/detective short stories, series character Quong Lee the tales of London's Chinatown especially exotic and well-known * 4 other novels (Chinatown, London) * one radio play * 4 books of poetry, including one about Quong Lee * 28 other books (London, tavens & inns, travel, English history) * 9 books edited (juvenile verse, art, optimism, German army, England, De Quincy) In the Periodic Table of the Elements, "Tb" stands for Terbium. In the Periodic Table of the Mystery Authors, "Tb" stands for Thomas Burke! 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] Thomas Burke