Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was an English journalist and author.
He subsequently returned to his native Yorkshire, where he worked first on the Leeds Mercury using the pseudonym A Son of the Soil, and then as a special correspondent.
At age 20, Fletcher began working in journalism, as a sub-editor in London.
He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English writers of detective fiction.
Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was an English journalist and author