Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. In this original 'podcast', Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tells how he came to write the Sherlock Holmes stories. Nothing like hearing it from the man, himself.

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, born May 22, 1859, was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.