Dinendra Kumar Roy was born on 26 August 1869. He was a Bengali novelist and editor. He was born in 1869 in Meherpur, British India. His father’s name was Brajanath Roy. He passed the entrance from Mahisadal Raj High School and entered Krishnagar Government College. In 1893 Roy became employed under the District Judge of Rajshahi.
Roy’s first article was published in Bharati and Balok magazine. He became the sub-editor of Saptahik Basumati magazine in 1900 at the same time edited Nandan Kanan monthly magazine. He became popular for Rahasya Lahari and Nandan Kanon detective series. Roy’s created Robert Blake (Detective) series was based on Sexton Blake’s detective stories. Between 1898 and 1914 total of 217 detective fiction by Robert Blake were published in Bengali.
