Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Ernest Hornung

Born: June 7, 1866
Died: March 22, 1921 (aged 54)
Bio: Ernest William Hornung was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London.
Known for:
- The Amateur Cracksman (1899)
- A Thief in the Night (1905)
- The Black Mask (1901)
- Mr. Justice Raffles (1909)
- The Shadow of the Rope (1902)