Lyndsay Faye

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]

Lyndsay Faye
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
GenreHistorical Thrillers
Notable worksDust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, Jane Steele

Life

Having discovered Sir 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
  • Jane Steele (2016) ISBN 978-0399169496
  • The Paragon Hotel (2019) ISBN 978-0735210752

Sherlock Holmes

Timothy Wilde series
  • The Gods of Gotham (2012) ISBN 978-0399158377
  • Seven for a Secret (2013) ISBN 978-0399158384
  • The Fatal Flame (2015) ISBN 978-0399169489

References
  1. Klingener, Nancy (January 6, 2014). "When Faced with Impossible Options: a conversation with Lyndsay Faye". The Key West Literary Seminar. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Williams, Wilda (January 23, 2017). "Celebrating Mystery's Best - Edgar Award Nominees 2017". Library Journal Review. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  4. Slape, Leslie (January 28, 2013). "Lyndsay Faye's 'Gods of Gotham' wins Library Association award". Tor.com. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  5. Claire, Nancy (September 15, 2013). "Sherlockian Girl Goes Wilde: An Interview with Lyndsay Faye". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  6. Konnikova, Maria (June 28, 2012). "Room for magic: A conversation with Lyndsay Faye". Scientific American. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  7. 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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