Author: Edmund Clerihew Bentley

English novelist and humorist Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956) invented clerihews, four-line biographical poems that cast an absurdist light on famous figures. He is the author of the Dover detective novel Trent”s Last Case, which is widely regarded as the first modern mystery.Widely known as the “Prince of Paradox, ” G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) ranks among the most influential English writers and thinkers of the 20th century. Chesterton”s prodigious talents embraced a wide range of subjects, from philosophy and religion to detective fiction, fantasy, and whimsical illustration.