J. Jefferson Farjeon

J. Jefferson Farjeon (1883?1955) was the author of more than 60 crime and thriller novels. His work was highly acclaimed in his day; Dorothy L. Sayers wrote that ?Jefferson Farjeon is quite unsurpassed for creepy skill in mysterious adventures?. Farjeon is now best known as the author of Number Seventeen, a play that was adapted for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock.