A Convenient, High Quality, Easily Navigable, But Low-Priced Volume That Brings Together The Entire Father Brown Mysteries. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936) was an English writer whose prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction, namely with his exceedingly popular Father Brown short