Anthony E. Pratt Anthony E. Pratt Anthony Ernest Pratt (10 August 1903 – 9 April 1994) was a musician and the inventor of the English detective themed board game Cluedo, currently owned and marketed by American entertainment company Hasbro. Pratt was born at 13 Brighton Road in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, England. He received his secondary education at St. Philip's School in Edgbaston. His favourite subject was chemistry, but he suffered from poor eyesight, which affected his education. Pratt was a gifted musician and a proficient pianist from an early age. When he left school at 15, he wanted to pursue
Chinese crime fiction called Deep Hatred (恨海), published by "Kanbun Taiwan nichinichi shinpō" (漢文臺灣日日新報), but the work has not been finished yet. Qiu Xiaolong was a significant contributor to English-language Chinese crime fiction in the United States. He was born in Shanghai, but following the Tiananmen Square Protests he decided to remain in the US. Throughout his career he published nine crime-thriller/mystery novels. This includes the "Death of a Red Heroine, When Red is Black" and "A Case of Two Cities." Specifically, "Death of a Red Heroine" was named the best first novel in 2001 at the Anthony Awards. These novels touches on