Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.
A Study in Scarlett was first published in 1887 in The Strand Magazine in London.
Over 125 years after his creation, Sherlock Holmes remains the most popular fictional detective in history. Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for the 60 stories he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. His body of work includes nearly 200 novels, short stories, poems, historical books and pamphlets.