Charles J. Dutton

**Charles Judson Dutton** was an American mystery writer (1888-1964) who was educated at Brown University, Albany Law School and Defiance Theological Seminary. Among his many professions he counted clergyman, newspaper columnist and novelist. He contributed fiction to numerous U.S. and British magazines. After living much of his life in New England (where many of his books are set) he later settled in Des Moines, Iowa, around 1930 where he lived out his remaining years as a minister for the First Unitarian Church while frequently contributing articles to Reader's Digest.