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The Sherlock Holmes Effect
How the Arthur Conan Doyle Classics
Influence Contemporary Mysteries
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born a little over 150 years ago, in 1859. His four
novels and fifty-six short stories about Sherlock Holmes—known collectively to
Holmes enthusiasts as “the Canon”—set the gold standard for great mystery
writing, and anticipated much of todayÕs forensic science practices. Join moderator
E. J. Wagner and a panel of distinguished mystery authors as they discuss the effects
of the Canon on their writings and those of other contemporary mystery writers.
FEATURING
Mystery Writers of America / New York Chapter
• E. J. Wagner (Moderator)
• Lyndsay Faye
• Jonathan Maberry
• Reggie Nadelson
• Charles Salzberg
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
6:30 p.m. on the 6th floor
Mid-Manhattan Library
The New York Public Library
40th Street and 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-340-0837
E. J. Wagner (Moderator) is the author of the
Edgar®-Award-winning book about the history of
forensics, The Science of Sherlock Holmes. She is a crime
historian, lecturer, teller of suspense stories for adults,
and organizer of the Forensic Forum at the Museum of
Long Island Natural Sciences at Stony Brook University.
Her writing has appeared in many venues, including
Ellery QueenÕs Mystery Magazine, the New York Times, and
Lancet. She is a member of numerous Sherlockian
groups, as well as the Northeastern Association of
Forensic Scientists.
Web site: http://www.forensic.to/webhome/ejwagner/
Blog: http://EJDissectingRoom.wordpress.com/
Lyndsay Faye is an actor as well as the author of Dust and Shadow: An
Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, as well as two other
short Sherlockian pastiches. She lives in Manhattan and is a proud member
of the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes.
Web site: http://www.lyndsayfaye.com/
Jonathan Maberry is a multiple Bram Stoker Award winner, the
author of Patient Zero (St. Martins Griffin), Zombie CSU (Citadel Press),
and Black Panther (Marvel Comics).
Website & Blog: http://www.jonathanmaberry.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Maberry/803028269
Reggie Nadelson was born and lives in New YorkÑwith a second life
in London where sheÕs written columns in the Guardian and the Financial
Times. Londongrad is the seventh in her series of Artie Cohen books,
mysteries about a Russian-born New York detective, and she is currently
working on Sugar Hill, her eighth, set in Harlem, to be published in the fall
by Walker/Bloomsbury.
Web sites: http://www.reggienadelson.com/ and http://www.artiecohenmysteries.com/
Charles Salzberg is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Esquire, New York magazine, GQ, Elle, New York Times Book Review and other periodicals. He is the author of a number of non-fiction books and his detective novel, Swann's Last Song was nominated for a 2009 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel.
Web site: http://www.charlessalzberg.com/
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This page was last revised on 24-November-2009.
