 Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was born on Wolfe Island near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He studied in England and France and taught at Brighton College in 1870 till 1871. In his mid-twenties he became a professor at Queen’s College in Jamaica. After his professorship, he returned to England where he started to write. He also wrote essays on science. Visit also this site. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) Babylon | 1885 |
| 2) For Maimie's Sake: A Tale of Love and Dynamite | 1886 |
| 3) In All Shades | 1886 |
| 4) Kalee's Shrine (Also published as: The Indian Mystery; or, Kalee's Shrine [1902]) (with May Cotes) | 1886 |
| 5) The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories (short stories) | 1887 |
| 6) A Terrible Inheritance | 1887 |
| 7) Dr. Palliser's Patient | 1888 |
| 8) The Devil's Die | 1888 |
| 9) This Mortal Coil | 1888 |
| 10) The Tents of Shem | 1889 |
| 11) The Jaws of Death | 1889 |
| 12) What's Bred in the Bone | 1890 |
| 13) Wednesday the Tenth (Also published as: The Cruise of the Albatross [1898]) | 1890 |
| 14) Dumaresq's Daughter | 1891 |
| 15) The Duchess of Powysland | 1891 |
| 16) Recalled to Life | 1891 |
| 17) Blood Royal | 1892 |
| 18) Ivan Greet's Masterpiece (short stories) | 1893 |
| 19) Michael's Crag | 1893 |
| 20) The Scallywag | 1893 |
| 21) An Army Doctor's Romance | 1893 |
| 22) At Market Value | 1894 |
| 23) Under Sealed Orders | 1894 |
| 24) Strange Stories (short stories) | 1894 |
| 25) The Desire of the Eyes and Other Stories (short stories) | 1895 |
| 26) A Splendid Sin | 1896 |
| 27) A Bride from the Desert (novelets) | 1896 |
| 28) An African Millionaire (short stories) | 1897 |
| 29) Linnet | 1898 |
| 30) The Incidental Bishop | 1898 |
| 31) Miss Cayley's Adventures (short stories) | 1899 |
| 32) Twelve Tales (short stories) | 1899 |
| 33) Hilda Wade (short stories) (Completed by Arthur Conan Doyle) | 1900 |
| 34) The Backslider (short stories) | 1901 |
| 35) Sir Theodore's Guest and Other Stories (short stories) | 1902 |
| 36) The Reluctant Hangman and Other Stories of Crime (short stories) | 1973 |