Arthur Gask (1869тАУ1951) was an Australian dentist and┬аnovelist.┬аHe began writing crime fiction while waiting for his patients,┬аand in 1921 he paid for the publication of his first┬аnovel, The Secret of the Sandhills, which was an immediate┬аsuccess.┬аOver the next thirty years, Gask wrote more than thirty┬аbooks and contributed a series of popular short stories to┬аThe Mail in Adelaide. Most of his novels described the┬аactivities of a detective, Gilbert Larose, in solving crimes.