The narrator of most of the stories was Holmes' friend Dr. John H. Watson though Holmes' character did write two of the 60 stories along with many trifling monographs.
The stories were written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published between 1887 (19th Century) and 1927 (20thCentury.)
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories and four novels about the "first consulting detective".
The Sherlock Holmes stories were mostly written from a first-person perspective from the point of view of Watson writing about them. There were some exceptions, however, and there was that one story that was written by Holmes when Watson got tired of him complaining about the way he wrote them and challenged him to write one out himself.
Because that was the way that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle chose to write them. Also, it might have a small something to do with the time period in which they were written.
After killing off Sherlock Holmes in "The Final Problem," Arthur Conan Doyle shifted his focus to writing historical novels and non-fiction works. He also continued to write other detective stories not involving Holmes, such as the Professor Challenger series. Ultimately, public demand led him to resurrect Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Empty House" in response to popular demand.
Doyle is best known for writing the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, his claim to fame. In addition he also wrote historical and historical fiction novels. There are four Sherlock Holmes novels as well as five short story collections.Source: Wikipedia the free encyclopedia, answers.comHope this helps! :)Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote some books about the detective Sherlock Holmes (The Adventures of sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles), fictional adventures of Professor Challenger and a lot of others.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 60 Sherlock Holmes story's including 4 novels and 56 short stories.
'Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking' is a made for BBC TV movie pastiche written by Allan Cubitt with co-credit given to Arthur Conan Doyle.
'Sherlock Holmes' was first written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and then it was turned into several TV series and movies as well. [Not to mention plays, radio dramas, video games, audio recordings, etc., etc., etc.] It should be noted that Sherlock Holmes is now in the public domain. This means that anybody can write a Sherlock Homes story and need not fear a legal scolding. [Technically, the complete Sherlock Holmes will not be in the public domain until 2023 though most of it is already.] And Dr. Watson has also been very famous as he is known as the shadow of Sherlock Holmes.
Arthur Conan Doyle continued to write until his death in 1930. He published various works in different genres throughout his career, but he is best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories.
The great detective faked his death at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, but Conan Doyle never did write about where Holmes died later in life.
he was a doctor by profession - a general practitioner and then an ophthalmologist. (eye specialist). When the Sherlock Holmes stories became so popular that they provided a good income, Doyle decided to write full time.