Conan Doyle, Arthur. Memories and Adventures. Boston: Little, Brown, 1924.

Autobiography. Grella, George, and Philip B. Dematteis.

"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle." In Dictionary of Literary Biography: Victorian Novelists After 1885, edited by Ira B. Nadel and William E. Fredeman. Detroit: Gale, 1983. Despite a condescending tone, this article is a fine summary of Conan Doyle's life and work.

Higham, Charles. The Adventures of Conan Doyle: The Life of the Creator of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Norton, 1976. Higham sets out the facts of Conan Doyle's life and career in this well-written biography.

Hutchinson, Mary Anne. "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle." In Research Guide to Biography and Criticism, Vol. 1, edited by Walton Beacham. Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 1985. Hutchinson summarizes the studies of Conan Doyle and evaluates the important biographies and critical books.

Penzler, Otto, "A Few (Million) Words About My Good Friend Holmes." In Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader's Companion, edited...