Edith Meiser (May 9, 1898[2] – September 26, 1993[1]) was an American author and actress, who wrote mystery novels, stage plays, and numerous radio dramas.

[9] After graduating college, Meiser began performing with such groups as the American Shakespeare Festival,[5] The Theater Guild,[5] Edward Albee's vaudeville circuit,[5] and Jessie Bonstelle's Summer Stock Company[5] before making her Broadway debut in 1923 in The New Way.

[1] She went on to appear in over 20 Broadway shows, including Fata Morgana,[1] The Guardsman,[1] Garrick Gaieties,[10] Sabrina Fair[1] and the 1960 production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

The premiere episode featured an adaptation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" on October 20, 1930, and starred William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr Watson.

[20] Beginning in 1953, Meiser with co-writer Frank Giacoia authored a comic strip series of Sherlock Holmes adventures for the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate.