Laurie King’s thoughts on the Anthropic settlement process. The whole thing feels a bit silly, rather like one or two sales I’ve made to excitable Hollywood people that I knew full well would never make it even as far as a script, but if a check does arrive, it’ll be a very pleasant surprise. I’ll…
[guest post by Laurie King] Laurie R. King’s Knave of Diamonds (June 10) finds the world’s greatest detective—and her husband, Sherlock Holmes—involved in an infamous Irish crime. And up to their necks in hounds… Dogs are great. I mean, I’m more of a cat person, but dogs can be both good company and valuable partners—fictional…
[My introduction to the 2012 Edgar Awards program guide, which I edited this year. The quotes are from authors, booksellers and librarians from the pieces they wrote on Holmes for the program.] Aren’t we all? The Sherlock Holmes canon has long been subject to assiduous mining by laborers in literature and film. Steve Hockensmith says,…
