David Stuart Davies
David Stuart Davies is an editor, writer, and playwright. He is the editor of Red Herrings, the monthly in-house publication of the Crime Writers' Association. He is the author of five Sherlock Holmes novels, the most recent being The Veiled Detective.
David's new series began with Forests of the Night, a murder mystery set in London during World War II which features Johnny One Eye, who previously appeared in several short stories.
David is the editor of several collections for Wordsworth & Collectors Library (Barnes & Noble) including The Best of Sherlock Holmes, Shadows of Sherlock Holmes, Stories from the Nineteenth Century, Tales of Unease, and Return From the Dead. He is also author of non-fiction books about Sherlock Holmes, including: Holmes of the Movies, Bending the Willow, Dancing in the Moonlight (a biography of Jeremy Brett), and Starring Sherlock Holmes. He is the author of the award-winning one man play Sherlock Holmes - The Last Act, which is still touring after its premiere at Salisbury Playhouse in 1999 and has played in France, Canada, America, Hong Kong, Malta, and all over the British Isles. David's DVD work includes writing and narrating commentaries for the MPI release of the digitally re-mastered Basil Rathbone Holmes films, as well as conducting interviews on the new Jeremy Brett Holmes releases, and with David Jason on Frost DVDs.
The second Johnny One Eye novel, Comes the Dark was published in 2006, and the third is eagerly awaited later in 2007.