Morley, Christopher

5 May 1890 - 28 March 1957

American essayist, playwright, poet, and fiction writer, known in the Gothic tradition for his mystery novel The Haunted Bookshop. Morley was also a premier Sherlockian and one of the founders of The Baker Street Irregulars.

Sites:
Christopher Morley Appreciation Pages
Brief biographical note [Wikipedia]
Brief biographical note [Bartleby.com]
Biographical note in French [Thierry Saint-Joanis]


Etexts:
The Haunted Bookshop  [1919]
- at Literature Project (Table of Contents)
- at Project Gutenberg (366K)


Essays:
Brief appreciation of Morley [A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection, Michael E. Grost]

"Christopher Morley."