Lester Bidston was born in Liverpool. His novels feature ‘Sexton Blake’, a detective modelled on Sherlock Holmes. See also E.W. Alais, R.C. Armour, W. Howard Baker, William J. Bayfield, Ladbroke Black, Stacey Blake, Stephen Blakesley, John William Bobin, Gerald Bowman, John G. Brandon, John Brearley, T.C. Bridges, Edwy Searles Brooks, Leonard Harold Brooks and John Creasey. Bidston also wrote science fiction novels.