William Russell

William Russell (1806–1876) was an English writer in the 19th century, producing works of fiction. He is considered among the first and most prolific authors to write 'police memoirs' or detective stories (some published under the pseudonym 'Waters' or 'Thomas Waters'). He also wrote nautical adventures (under the pseudonym 'Lieutenant Warneford, R. N.'), and legal stories. and in the late 1840s started contributing an irregular series of stories to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal between 1849 and 1852.

Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer (1856) Tales of the Coast Guard (1856) The Marriage Settlement and The Rose of Corail (1856) The Experiences of a Barrister (1856) Leaves from the Diary of a Law-Clerk (1857) The Game of Life (1857) Kirke Webbe, the Privateer Captain (1858) The Serf Girl of Moscow (1858) Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer, Second Series (1859) A Skeleton in Every House (1860) Tales of the Slave Squadron (1860) Two Love Stories: An Anglo-Spanish Romance (1861) The Experiences of a French Detective Officer (1861) The Heir-at-Law, and Other Tales (1861) The Romance of Common Life (1861) Experiences of a Real Detective (1862) Undiscovered Crimes (1862) The Cruise of the Blue Jacket and Other Sea Stories (1862) Romance of the Seas (1862) Autobiography of an English Detective (1863) Running the Blockade (1863) Secrets of My Office (1863) The Jolly Boat: or, Perils and Disasters Illustrating Courage, Endurance, and Heroism (1865) Skedaddle (1865) The Phantom Cruiser (1865) Leaves from the Journal of a Custom-House Officer (1868) The Confidential Adviser: or, Fighting Against Odds (1868) Charles Oldfield: The Autobiography of a Staff Officer (1868) Recollections of a Sheriff's Officer (1870) Jack Thurlow and I: or, How Will it End? A Story of Life, Love, and Adventure (1871) Autobiography of an Italian Police-Officer (1880) Hearts are Trumps: or, Recollections of the English Peasantry (1883)