Who wrote 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'?

Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The collection was first published in 1892 and brought together twelve stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson.

The stories originally appeared monthly in The Strand Magazine between July 1891 and June 1892. They include famous cases such as “A Scandal in Bohemia,” “The Red-Headed League,” and “The Speckled Band.” Sidney Paget illustrated the original magazine publications and helped shape the familiar image of Holmes.

A common mix-up is treating the book as a novel. It is actually a collection of short stories, and its title refers to Holmes’s adventures rather than one continuous case. Doyle later continued the series in collections including The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and The Return of Sherlock Holmes.