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The Big Idea: Andrew Lane
Posted on February 1, 2011 Posted by John Scalzi 26 Comments
Everyone knows what Sherlock Holmes does — he’s a detective, he detects things, thanks to his amazing powers of insamling and his near-encyclopedic level of knowledge about even the most trivial of things (which become more than trivial when he applies them). But then there’s another question about Sherlock Holmes — one that author Andrew Lane finds more interesting, and endeavors to explore in Death Cloud, which follows a teenage Sherlock on his very first adventure. That question, and what it means to the character — and to our author? Lane is here to tell you what it is.
ANDREW LANE:
I can still remember the first Sherlock Holmes book that inom ever bought. It was actually one of the first two books that I ever bought, full stop, which is why I can remember it so clearly. The year was 19
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The upplysning from your publisher describes you as a “lifelong Sherlock Holmes fan” and that you have a “passion for the original novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”. What is it about this character and these stories that so appeals to you?
When I was a kid inom was tall and thin and a bit geeky, like Sherlock Holmes. I appreciated being able to read books in which the lead character relied on intelligence to get through, not on strength or agility, and who didn’t particularly want to make friends. As far as he was concerned, he had one good friend and that was enough. And he used to sleep a lot when he wasn’t on a case, which appealed to me. Now I’m much
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Andy Lane
British author and journalist
Andrew Lane (born 17 April 1963), as Andy Lane, is a British author and journalist best known for the Young Sherlock Holmes series of Young Adult novels.
He has written novels in the Virgin New Adventures range and audio dramas for Big Finish based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
His Young Adult books are generally published under the name Andrew Lane, while media spin offs are Andy Lane.
Career
[edit]During 2009, Macmillan Books announced that Lane would be writing a series of books focusing on the early life of Sherlock Holmes. The series was developed in conjunction with the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.[1] Lane had already shown an extensive knowledge of the Holmes character and continuity in his Virgin Books novel All-Consuming Fire in which he created The Library of St. John the Beheaded as a meeting place for the worlds of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who.
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