Robert Barr (a.k.a., Luke Sharp) was born September 16, 1849, in Glasgow, Scotland. At the age of four, his parents brought him to Canada. After graduating from Toronto Normal School in 1874, he was appointed headmaster of the Central School of Windsor, Ontario. There he began publishing short stories. In 1876, he started working for the Detroit Free Press, and eventually became their news editor. In 1881, he moved to London, established a newspaper, then a magazine (The Idler, 1892), and—finally—in the mid-1890s, became a prolific freelance writer.
Today, he is primarily remembered for his clever criminous and supernatural short stories. On October 21, 1912, in Woldingham, England, he died from heart disease at the age of 63.
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- “Within an Ace of the End of the World” in Killing London (2021)
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