|  William Edward Stanton Hope was born in London. He was an author and world traveller. After World War II he moved to Australia. Most of his novels feature 'Sexton Blake', a detective modelled on Sherlock Holmes. See also this list for other Sexton Blake authors. | 
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Sexton Blake' Novels | |
| 1) Dead Man's Sands | 1929 | 
| 2) The Death Ship | 1931 | 
| 3) The Victim of the Red Mask | 1931 | 
| 4) The Cruise of Terror | 1932 | 
| 5) The Case of the Missing Ships | 1935 | 
| 6) The Dockyard Mystery | 1936 | 
| 7) The Terror of Thunder Creek | 1936 | 
| 8) The Stolen Submarine | 1937 | 
| 9) The Secret at Sixty-Six Fathoms | 1938 | 
| 10) The Amazing Affair of the Shipyard Sabotage | 1940 | 
| 11) In the Grip of the Gestapo | 1940 | 
| 12) The Sign of the Blue Triangle | 1942 | 
| 13) The Case of the Monta Grandee Diamonds | 1945 | 
| 14) The Mystery of the Engraved Skull | 1954 | 
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Rogues of the Stables | 1924 | 
| 2) The Yellow Spider | 1924 | 
| 3) The Island of Slaves | 1933 | 
| 4) The Black Slaver | 1937 |