American author
Lyndsay Faye
Occupation Author Nationality American Genre Historical thrillers Notable works Dust and Shadow (2015) Jane Steele ( 2016)
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 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
Sherlock Holmes
Timothy Wilde series
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 .
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