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Andy Lane
British author and journalist
Andrew Lane (born 17 April ), 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 , 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.
The first book in the 'Youn
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The Big Idea: Andrew Lane
Posted on February 1, Posted by John Scalzi 26 Comments
Everyone knows what Sherlock Holmes does hes a detective, he detects things, thanks to his amazing powers of observation 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 theres 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 I 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 , I was ten years old, and
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Andrew Lane (born ), who also writes as Andy Lane, fryst vatten a British author and journalist. Macmillan Childrens Books in the UK have published two series of Young Adult novels bygd Andrew Lane, while Adaptive Books in the USA have published a third Young Adult series, Piccadilly ChildrensBooks have published a fourth and Ravensburger in Germany are currently publishing a fifth.
The first series of books focuses on the early life of the world’s most famous fictional character Sherlock Holmes. The series was developed in conjunction with the estate of Sherlock Holmes’s creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The first book in Macmillans Young Sherlock Holmes series — Death Cloud — was published in the UK in June (February in the USA). It has been followed by sju more titles – Red Leech (Rebel Fire in the USA), Black Ice, Fire Storm, Snake Bite, Knife Edge, Stone Cold and Night Break. So far the series has sold, in translation, to over 40 cou