David Stuart Davies

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David Stuart Davies was born in 1946. He was a teacher of English before becoming a full-time editor, writer, and playwright. Davies has written extensively about Sherlock Holmes, both fiction and non-fiction.[1] He is the editor of Red Herrings, the monthly in-house publication of the Crime Writers' Association.

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[edit] Novels

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (1991)
  • The Tangled Skein
  • The Scroll of the Dead
  • Shadow of the Rat
  • The Veiled Detective (2004). Explores the relationship between Holmes, Dr. Watson and Professor Moriarty

[edit] Non-fiction

His non-fiction books about Sherlock Holmes, include:

  • Holmes of the Movies (1977)
  • Bending the Willow
  • Dancing in the Moonlight. A biography of Jeremy Brett.
  • Starring Sherlock Holmes

[edit] Plays

His award-winning one-man play Sherlock Holmes - The Last Act,[2] is still touring after its premiere at Salisbury Playhouse in 1999. It has played in France, Canada, America, Hong Kong, Malta and all over the British Isles.

[edit] Other work

He 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.

His DVD work includes writing and narrating commentaries for the MPI release of the digitally re-mastered Basil Rathbone Holmes films;[3] conducting interviews on the new Jeremy Brett Holmes releases; and with David Jason on A Touch of Frost DVDs.

He is as one-third of literary performance group The Mystery Men, alongside Matthew Booth and M. J. Elliott

[edit] Other novels

  • Forests of the Night, a murder mystery set in London during World War II features Johnny One Eye, who previously appeared in several short stories.
  • Comes the Dark, the second Johnny One Eye novel, was published in 2006.
  • A third Johnny One Eye novel is expected to be published in 2007.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Chris Hastings and David Bamber (2004-08-02). Q: When, According to the BBC, is a Repeat not a Repeat? A: When it Appeared on ITV First. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
  2. ^ Karl Meyer (2000-01-19). The Curious Incident of the Sleuth in the Meantime. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
  3. ^ Sherlock Holmes Classic Films. BBC Homepage Entertainment (2005-02-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
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