“Every single one of my books involve the women of the times. The history of the times that Arthur Conan Doyle didn’t see!” – Gretchen Altabef
This event was so much fun! To have a chance to appear with these wonderful authors, some of my fellow MX Publishing author friends. To listen to their experience and share mine on subjects so close to our hearts: Sherlock Holmes and publishing Sherlock Holmes books. We each have our own experience with this and our lives have been changed by our involvement.
I see my books as murder mysteries but I also see them as historical novels. The detectives in my novels happen to be Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. I write from a women’s perspective and that changes everything, and updates it. This approach turns everything around, opens up new vistas for my stories, and brings a unique take on Holmes and Watson in my novels.
These characters have survived all these years, and generations because Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a modern writer who created the first realistic, scientific detective. His superbly crafted characterizations and the creation of an environment so real, one feels as if one has been there.
I am an award-winning MX author of new Sherlock Holmes novels. My writing springs from the same sense of justice as Dr. Watson’s, and Dr. Doyle’s. My books brim with imagination and a news reporter’s excitement for the true history of the day. THE KEYS OF DEATH is the genesis story of the world’s most famous address, No. 221B Baker Street. THESE SCATTERED HOUSES. A breakthrough novel for Holmes and for me. My novels are historical murder mysteries solved as only Holmes can. The sequel, REMARKABLE POWER OF STIMULUS is a Sherlock Holmes novel with heart. “In The Land of the Living” Mystery Magazine, October 2021. “Sir Arthur and the Time Machine” SHERLOCK HOLMES FURTHER ADVENTURES IN THE REALMS OF H. G. WELLS, Belanger Anthology. I contributed the history of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, and edited JEREMY BRETT – PLAYING A PART and JEREMY BRETT IS SHERLOCK HOLMES by Maureen Whittaker. A member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes, The John H. Watson Society, the Priory Scholars of New York, the ACD Society, the Sherlock Holmes Society of India, Sisters in Crime, and the Dumpster Divers of Philadelphia artist collective. "Yes, I have taken to living by my wits". - Dr. Watson (MUSG).
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