John Haslette Vahey

John George Haslette Vahey
Born(1881-03-05)5 March 1881
Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
Died15 June 1938(1938-06-15) (aged 57)
NationalityIrish
Other names
  • John Haslette Vahey
  • John Haslette
  • Walter Proudfoot
  • Henrietta Clandon
  • Vernon Loder
  • Arthur N. Timony
  • John Mowbray
  • George Varney
OccupationAuthor of Detective Fiction
Years active1909 – 1938
Known forCollins Crime Club Novels written as Vernon Loder
Notable workThe Shop Window Murders

John George Haslette Vahey (5 March 1881 – 15 June 1938) was a versatile and prolific Northern Irish author of detective fiction in the genre's Golden Age in the 1920s and 1930s. Although his work has remained largely out of print since the end of the golden age, he is now enjoying a resurgence of popularity, and some of his work is again in print, or available as e-books.