Influential Mystery Authors and Charecters

The first interest and fascination in mystery can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks, play writers such as Sophocles and Euripides entranced the local community with a combination of mystery and drama. In the mid-nineteen hundreds author Edgar Allen Poe created the first fictional mystery charecter. Poe was one of the first authors to shift the focus from the aesthetics of the story to the intellectual intelligence. Charles Dickinson and Wilkie Collins are other influential authors in the mystery genre. Collins is the writer of many short-stories and essays. In the late nineteenth hundreds detective Sherlock Holmes was introduced to the mystery spotlight. Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is one of the best known characters of all time.  Agatha Christie also heavily influenced mystery writing. With over eighty stories published, Christie was known as the Golden Age author. Nancy Drew is a well known girl detective who would fearlessly solve crimes and bring wrongdoers to justice. Her confidence and strength made Nancy a role model for many young girls. Nancy Drew was created by Edward Stratemeyer, however every Drew book was ghostwritten by different authors all under the pen name "Carolyn Keene".