ABOUT THE AUTHORS
RHYS BOWEN (“Cutting for Sign”)
Creator of the highly enjoyable Constable Evans and Molly Murphy novels, Bowen had her first play, Dandelion Hours, produced by the BBC in London. Since then she has been the author of award-winning children’s books, young adult books, historical romances, and mysteries.
CAROL BUGGÉ (“The Curse of Edwin Booth”)
The author of five novels and numerous short stories, Buggé has received awards and glowing reviews for her poetry, her plays, and her fiction. She has been awarded a fellowship for a residency at the International Retreat for Writers at Hawthornden, just outside Edinburgh, Scotland, and her next novel will be published by Kensington Press later this year.
DARRYL BROCK (“My Silk Umbrella”)
The author of the best-selling novel If I Never Get Back, Brock writes regularly on subjects dealing with baseball, Mark Twain, and the American past.
STEVE HOCKENSMITH (“The Old Senator”)
Hockensmith is the author of the Edgar-nominated Holmes on the Range and, so far, two sequels featuring the “deducifying” Amlingmeyer brothers. He writes regularly for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
LESLIE S. KLINGER (Foreword)
The editor of the Edgar-winning The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories, The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels, and The New Annotated Dracula, Klinger is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Sherlock Holmes.
MICHAEL KURLAND (the editor)
Kurland has edited two previous Sherlock Holmes anthologies. His fifth novel featuring Professor Moriarty, Who Thinks Evil will be published shortly. Previous books in the series have been nominated for both the Edgar and the American Book Award.
GARY LOVISI (“The American Adventure”)
Lovisi’s Holmes pastiche “The Adventure of the Missing Detective” was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America as one of the best short stories of 2005. His latest books include The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective in Paperback & Pastiche.
RICHARD A. LUPOFF (“Inga Sigerson Weds”)
Lupoff is the author of numerous science fiction, fantasy, horror, and mystery novels and short stories, as well as nonfiction books on subjects ranging from Edgar Rice Burroughs to the workings of the human mind. His story “The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier,” first published in My Sherlock Holmes, was picked for a Best Mystery Stories of the Year anthology.
MICHAEL MALLORY (“The Sacred White Elephant of Mandalay”)
Mallory is the author of the Amelia Watson mystery series, including the collection The Exploits of the Second Mrs. Watson and the novel Murder in the Bath, as well as nearly 100 short stories. His story “The Beast of Guangming Peak” (from Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years) was named a Distinguished Mystery Story of 2004 in the 2005 edition of The Best American Mystery Stories.
MARTA RANDALL (“The English Señor”)
The author of seven novels, among them the mystery Growing Light (as Martha Conley), Randall has written bunches of short stories, has edited original anthologies, and teaches writing in various venues.
LINDA ROBERTSON (“The Stagecoach Detective”)
An attorney for a nonprofit California law firm, Robertson has been published in the online magazine Salon, and has had both fiction and nonfiction published in newspapers and magazines. Two previous Sherlock Holmes pastiches have been published in the anthologies My Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years.
PETER TREMAYNE (“The Case of the Reluctant Assassin”)
Best known for his best-selling Sister Fidelma mysteries, featuring as his sleuth a seventh-century Irish religieuse, Tremayne has also published many fantasies using Celtic myths and legends as background. In 1981 he published The Return of Raffles, a pastiche about the “gentleman thief.”
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