name: J.S. Fletcher
birth_date: 1863-02-07 00:00:00
death_date: 1935-01-30 00:00:00
genres: History, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction
avg_rating: 3.8
ratings_count: 8767
about: Joseph Smith Fletcher was an English journalist, writer, and fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism. His literary career spanned approximately 200 books on a wide variety of subjects including fiction, non-fiction, histories, historical fiction, and mysteries. He was known as one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age .