The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes : Illustrated Abridged Children Classic English Novel with Review Questions (Hardback): Abr... The Memoirs of Sherlock

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. Before starting his writing career, Doyle attended medical school, where he met the professor who would later inspire his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. A Study in Scarlet was Doyle's first novel; he would go on to write more than sixty stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. He died in England in 1930.