Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which author, born on this day in 1859, created the fictional character Sherlock Holmes?"
First appearing in print in 1887 (in A Study in Scarlet), the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional tales appeared from then to 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories
