 Joseph Jefferson Farjeon was born in London. He was a mystery novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He also wrote under the pseudonym 'Anthony Swift'. He is the creator of:
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Titles and year of publication:
| 'Ben the Tramp' Novels | |
| 1) No. 17 | 1926 |
| 2) The House Opposite | 1931 |
| 3) Murderer's Trail (US Title: Phantom Fingers [1931]) | 1931 |
| 4) Ben Sees It Through | 1932 |
| 5) Little God Ben | 1935 |
| 6) Detective Ben | 1936 |
| 7) Ben on the Job | 1952 |
| 8) Number Nineteen | 1952 |
| 'Detective Inspector Kendall' Novels | |
| 1) Thirteen Guests | 1936 |
| 2) Seven Dead | 1939 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Master Criminal | 1924 |
| 2) Little Things That Happen | 1925 |
| 3) Uninvited Guests | 1925 |
| 4) At the Green Dragon (US Title: The Green Dragon [1926]) | 1927 |
| 5) The Crook's Shadow | 1927 |
| 6) More Little Happenings | 1928 |
| 7) The House of Disappearance | 1928 |
| 8) Shadows by the Sea | 1928 |
| 9) Underground (Also published as: Mystery Underground [1932]) | 1928 |
| 10) The 5.18 Mystery | 1929 |
| 11) The Appointed Date | 1929 |
| 12) The Person Called "Z" | 1929 |
| 13) Following Footsteps | 1930 |
| 14) The Mystery on the Moor | 1930 |
| 15) The "Z" Murders | 1932 |
| 16) Trunk Call (US Title: The Trunk Call Mystery [1932]) | 1932 |
| 17) Sometimes Life's Funny | 1933 |
| 18) The Mystery of the Creek (US Title: The House on the Marsh [1933]) | 1933 |
| 19) Dead Man's Heath (US Title: The Mystery of Deadman's Heath [1934]) | 1933 |
| 20) Old Man Mystery | 1933 |
| 21) The Fancy Dress Ball (US Title: Death in Fancy Dress [1939]) | 1934 |
| 22) The Windmill Mystery | 1934 |
| 23) Sinister Inn | 1934 |
| 24) Holiday Express | 1935 |
| 25) Mountain Mystery | 1935 |
| 26) Dangerous Beauty | 1936 |
| 27) Holiday at Half-Mast | 1937 |
| 28) Mystery in White | 1937 |
| 29) Yellow Devil | 1937 |
| 30) Dark Lady | 1938 |
| 31) End of an Author (US Title: Death in the Inkwell [1942]) | 1938 |
| 32) Exit John Horton (US Title: Friday the 13th [1940]) | 1939 |
| 33) Aunt Sunday Sees It Through (US Title: Aunt Sunday Takes Command [1940]) | 1940 |
| 34) Facing Death (short stories) | 1940 |
| 35) Room Number 6 | 1941 |
| 36) The Third Victim | 1941 |
| 37) The Judge Sums Up | 1942 |
| 38) The House of Shadows | 1943 |
| 39) Down the Green Stairs and Other Stories (short stories) | 1943 |
| 40) Waiting for the Police and Other Stories (short stories) | 1943 |
| 41) The Haunted Lake and Other Stories (short stories) | 1944 |
| 42) The Invisible Companion and Other Stories (short stories) | 1944 |
| 43) Black Castle | 1944 |
| 44) The Twist and Other Stories (short stories) | 1944 |
| 45) Greenmask | 1944 |
| 46) The Oval Table | 1946 |
| 47) Midnight Adventure and Other Stories (short stories) | 1946 |
| 48) Peril in the Pyrenees | 1946 |
| 49) Back to Victoria | 1947 |
| 50) Adventure at Eighty | 1948 |
| 51) Death of a World | 1948 |
| 52) Prelude to Crime | 1948 |
| 53) The Disappearance of Uncle David | 1949 |
| 54) The Impossible Guest | 1949 |
| 55) The Shadow of Thirteen | 1949 |
| 56) Cause Unknown | 1950 |
| 57) Adventure for Nine | 1951 |
| 58) The House Over the Tunnel | 1951 |
| 59) The Double Crime | 1953 |
| 60) Money Walks | 1953 |
| 61) Bob Hits the Headlines | 1954 |
| 62) Castle of Fear | 1954 |
| 63) The Caravan Adventure | 1955 |
| As 'Anthony Swift' | |
| 1) Murder at a Police Station | 1943 |
| 2) November 9th at Kersea | 1944 |
| 3) Interrupted Honeymoon | 1945 |
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