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Anthony Berkeley Cox (5 July 1893 – 9 March 1971) was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. == Life == Anthony Berkeley Cox was born in 1893 in Watford, and educated at Sherborne School and University College London. After serving in the British Army in World War I, he worked as a journalist for many years, contributing to such magazines as ''Punch'' and ''The Humorist''. His first novel, ''The Layton Court Mystery'', was published anonymously in 1925. It introduced Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective who features in many of the author's novels including the classic ''Poisoned Chocolates Case''. In 1930, Berkeley founded the legendary Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers. His 1932 novel (as "Francis Iles"), ''Before the Fact'' was adapted into the 1941 classic film ''Suspicion'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. In 1938, he took up book reviewing for ''John O'London's Weekly'' and the ''Daily Telegraph'', writing under his pen name Francis Iles. He also wrote for the ''Sunday Times'' in the 1940s and for the ''Manchester Guardian'', later ''The Guardian'', from the mid-1950s until 1970. A key figure in the development of crime fiction, he died in 1971. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Berkeley Cox」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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