Ernest William Hornung, better known as E. W. Hornung (1866–1921), was an English author, most celebrated for his creation of the character A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian England. A master of crime fiction and a pioneer of the gentleman-crook genre, Hornung's work is marked by a distinctive blend of suspense, wit, and a touch of romance. His literary career began with publicati...