|  Karl William Detzer was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was an author, journalist, and short story writer. He began his career working for a Fort Wayne newspaper as a reporter and photographer. | 
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) True Tales of the D.C.I. (short stories) | 1925 | 
| 2) The Broken 3 | 1929 | 
| 3) Contrabando | 1936 |