Arthur Benjamin Reeve was an American mystery writer who gained prominence during the early twentieth century. He is best remembered as the creator of Professor Craig Kennedy, a scientific detective who became widely known as "The American Sherlock Holmes." Alongside Kennedy's sidekick, the newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, Reeve crafted a highly popular series of detective mysteries that captured the public's imagination by incorporating contemporary scientific concepts into crime-solving.
Reeve's fame largely rests on the eighty-two Craig Kennedy short stories published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These stories were later compiled into book form, with later collections grouping the short stories together as episodic novels. In 1918, a comprehensive twelve-volume set titled Craig Kennedy Stories was released, reissuing Reeve's books to date as a matched collection. Over his career, Reeve authored eighteen detective novels featuring his famous protagonist, cementing his legacy in early American detective fiction.
