William Sarjeant

In 1972 Bill Sarjeant left England with his family to take up an academic appointment in the Department of Geology at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, a position he held until his passing in 2002. In addition to a passion for rocks and folk music, he wrote a series of fantasy novels under the name of Antony Swithin, developed an extensive library, which included a significant collection of detective fiction books, and authored many articles on detective fiction and Sherlockian matters.