Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) was an English playwright and essayist best known today for his children's books. He was born in London and educeated at Westminster School and Trinity College Cambridge. He He married Dorothy de Selincourt in 1913 and served in the British Army during WW1. His one detective novel is The Red House Mystery (1922), which features the light-hearted amateur detective Antony Gillingham. Milne's collection A Table Near the Band (1950) also contains two mystery stories. He also wrote a stage thriller, "The Fourth Wall", which is of the inverted type - the murder is committed onstage in full view of the audience.
The Red House Mystery is available from Project Gutenberg.
Bibliography
The Red House Mystery (1922)
A Table Near the Band (1950)
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