Home Writers Freeman Wills Crofts Freeman Wills Crofts Writer Freeman Wills Crofts (1 June 1879 – 11 April 1957) was an Irish mystery author during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Personal facts Birth dateJune 01, 1879 Birth placeDublin Date of deathApril 11, 1957 Place of deathWorthing facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Writer genreDetective fictionCrime fiction movementGolden Age of Detective Fiction notable workInspector French and the Starvel TragedyThe 12.30 from Croydon Topical connections A. A. MilneWriter Adrian McKintyWriter Alan McFarlandPolitician Agatha ChristieWriter Don ConroyWriter Freeman Wills Crofts on Wikipedia Freeman Wills Crofts External resources http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2013 http://www.xs4all.nl/~embden11/Engels/crofts.htm