<p>'The Adventure of the Yellow Face' published in 1893 was a short story written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. As one of Doyle's more sentimental pieces the tale is remarkable in that Holmes' deduction during the course of it proves incorrect.</p><p>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British author most noted for his stories featuring detective Sherlock Holmes which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories historical novels plays and romances poetry and nonfiction.</p>