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Ernest William Hornung (Middlesbrough, Yorkshire del Norte, 7 de junio de 1866 - San Juan de Luz, Pirineos Atlánticos 22 de marzo de 1921) fue un escritor británico de novelas policíacas y novelas de aventuras. Es conocido por crear al personaje A. J. Raffles, un caballero ladrón.
Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years.
Ernest William Hornung was born on 7 June 1866 at Marton-in-Cleveland, Middleborough, and Yorkshire, England. He was born to a Hungarian family with 7 elder siblings to him. His father was John Peter Hornung was an iron and coal merchant in the city and his mother nee Armstrong. E.W. Hornung aka Willie was asthmatic since childhood.
Like Doyle, Hornung is best known as a crime writer, the creator of Raffles 'the amateur cracksman'. But by no means all of his many stories have criminal plots. His short period in Australia apparently had a crucial influence on his work not only by supplying him with raw material but by developing the attitudes which direct his most incisive ...
Ernest William Hornung (Middlesbrough, Yorkshire del Norte, 7 de junio de 1866 - San Juan de Luz, Pirineos Atlánticos 22 de marzo de 1921) fue un escritor británico de novelas policíacas y novelas de aventuras. Es conocido por crear al personaje A. J. Raffles, un caballero ladrón.
Ernest William Hornung known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London. In addition to his novels and short stories Hornung wrote some war verse, and a play based on the Raffles stories was produced successfully.
Ernest William Hornung (professionally known as E. W. Hornung; 1866–1921), was an English poet and writer. From a Hungarian background, Hornung was educated at Uppingham School ; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years.
