author
Charles Ross Jackson
1867–1915
An early 20th-century American novelist best remembered for brisk mysteries and adventure stories, he created the detective Quintus Oakes and published popular fiction across several genres.
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Quintus Oakes: A Detective Story
by Charles Ross Jackson
About the author
Charles Ross Jackson was an American writer born in 1867 and deceased in 1915. Surviving catalog and library records connect his name with detective fiction, including Quintus Oakes and The Third Degree, along with novels such as The Sheriff of Wasco.
He seems to have worked mainly in the years around the turn of the 20th century, writing fast-moving popular fiction with a strong taste for mystery and crime. Modern public-domain and library listings still preserve several of his books, which is why readers of classic detective and adventure stories continue to come across his work today.
Reliable biographical detail beyond his dates and published works is limited in the sources I could confirm, so it is best to think of him as a somewhat elusive figure whose reputation now rests chiefly on the novels he left behind.