Lyndsay Faye Explained

Lyndsay Faye
Occupation:	Author
Nationality:	American
Genre:	Historical thrillers
Notableworks:	Dust and Shadow (2015) Jane Steele (2016)

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]

Life

Having discovered 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

• Book: Steele, Jane . Jane Steele . . 2016 . 978-0399169496 . hardcover 1st . 1–416 . 2.
• Book: Steele, Jane . The Paragon Hotel . . 2019 . 978-0735210752 . hardcover 1st . 1–432 . 2.
• Book: Steele, Jane . The King of Infinite Space . . 2021 . 978-0525535898 . hardcover 1st . 1–432 . 2.

Sherlock Holmes

• Book: Steele, Jane . . . 2015 . 978-1416583318 . paperback 1st . 1–325 . 2.
• Book: Steele, Jane . . . 2017 . 978-0802125927 . hardcover 1st . 1–352 . 2.
• Book: Steele, Jane . . . 2021 . 9781613162613 . hardcover 1st . 295 . 2.
• story:
  • "The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness" short story appearing in Sherlock Holmes in America (2009)

Timothy Wilde series

• Book: Steele, Jane . The Gods of Gotham . . 2012 . 978-0399158377 . hardcover 1st . 1–408 . 2.
• Book: Steele, Jane . Seven for a Secret . . 2013 . 978-0399158384 . hardcover 1st . 1–445 . 2.
• Book: Steele, Jane . The Fatal Flame . . 2015 . 978-0399169489 . hardcover 1st . 1–463 . 2.

External links

• Lyndsay Faye

Notes and References

1. Web site: Klingener. Nancy. When Faced with Impossible Options: a conversation with Lyndsay Faye. The Key West Literary Seminar. January 6, 2014. January 5, 2018.
2. Web site: Slape. Leslie. No prize, but Longview's Lyndsay Faye 'felt like a princess' at Edgar Awards . Tor.com. May 3, 2013. January 5, 2018.
3. Web site: Williams. Wilda. Celebrating Mystery’s Best - Edgar Award Nominees 2017. Library Journal Review. January 23, 2017. January 5, 2018.
4. Web site: Slape. Leslie. Lyndsay Faye's 'Gods of Gotham' wins Library Association award. Tor.com. January 28, 2013. January 5, 2018.
5. Web site: Claire. Nancy. Sherlockian Girl Goes Wilde: An Interview with Lyndsay Faye . Los Angeles Review of Books. September 15, 2013. January 5, 2018.
6. Web site: Konnikova. Maria. Room for magic: A conversation with Lyndsay Faye. Scientific American. June 28, 2012. January 5, 2018.
7. Web site: Martindale. David. Author Lyndsay Faye stays true to Arthur Conan Doyle’s voice in short-story collection. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. March 9, 2017. January 5, 2018.