David WhitelawDavid Whitelaw was born to Hannah Baxter and David Whitelaw in Holloway, Islington, which was then part of Middlesex. His grandparents, Theodore and Eliza Baxter, members of the North London branch of the Sandemanian church, raised him and his older rother Stephen (1873 - 1936) after the death of both of their parents when they were both infants. Following brief stays in New York City and Paris in the 1890s, Whitelaw returned to London to work as an illustrator and journalist for a number of Fleet Street publications. He subsequently rose to the position of editor of The London Magazine and The Premier Magazine. Between 1914 and 1931, the Amalgamated Press's The Premier Magazine, which was housed at Fleetway House in Farringdon, London, produced atmospheric fiction including action and mystery writers like Edgar Wallace. He created the spelling card game Lexicon in 1932, which became very famous all over the world. In his lifetime, he published more than 50 books, and The Thriller magazine also ran serial versions of his stories. His first book, "M'Stodger's Affinity," was released in 1896, and a string of romantic suspense novels followed. Many of his works were translated into various languages and were published in multiple editions. Read More Read Less