Lyndsay Faye
Lyndsay Faye | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Historical Thrillers |
| Notable works | Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, Jane Steele |
Lyndsay Faye is an American author. Her first novel was the Sherlockian pastiche Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson[1] and she has been nominated for the Edgar Award for The Gods of Gotham[2] and Jane Steele[3] The Gods of Gotham was named "the year’s best mystery novel" by the American Library Association.[4]
Life
Having discovered Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes when she was 10,[5] her interest in the famous sleuth continues to be part of her life as a member of both The Baker Street Irregulars and Baker Street Babes.[5] Faye described the debt all mystery authors owe to Conan Doyle saying "You can’t escape Sherlock Holmes as a mystery writer. You simply cannot. It would be like trying to deal with astrophysics without Newton or modern art without Picasso."[6]
Faye attended R. A. Long High School[2] as did her future spouse, Gabriel Lehner.[2]
Career
2016 brought Faye's re-imagining of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre titled Jane Steele.[7]
Bibliography
Novels
- Jane Steele (2016) ISBN 978-0399169496
- The Paragon Hotel (2019) ISBN 978-0735210752
Sherlock Holmes
- Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson (2009) ISBN 1-4165-8330-0
- "The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness" short story appearing in Sherlock Holmes in America (2009) ISBN 978-1602393523
- The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes (2017) ISBN 978-0802125927
Timothy Wilde series
- The Gods of Gotham (2012) ISBN 978-0399158377
- Seven for a Secret (2013) ISBN 978-0399158384
- The Fatal Flame (2015) ISBN 978-0399169489
References
- ^ Klingener, Nancy (January 6, 2014). "When Faced with Impossible Options: a conversation with Lyndsay Faye". The Key West Literary Seminar. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c Slape, Leslie (May 3, 2013). "No prize, but Longview's Lyndsay Faye 'felt like a princess' at Edgar Awards". Tor.com. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ Williams, Wilda (January 23, 2017). "Celebrating Mystery's Best - Edgar Award Nominees 2017". Library Journal Review. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ Slape, Leslie (January 28, 2013). "Lyndsay Faye's 'Gods of Gotham' wins Library Association award". Tor.com. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ a b Claire, Nancy (September 15, 2013). "Sherlockian Girl Goes Wilde: An Interview with Lyndsay Faye". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ Konnikova, Maria (June 28, 2012). "Room for magic: A conversation with Lyndsay Faye". Scientific American. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ Martindale, David (March 9, 2017). "Author Lyndsay Faye stays true to Arthur Conan Doyle's voice in short-story collection". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
