![]() ![]() The catalogues of the British Library and the Library of Congress treat "Doyle" alone as his surname. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather. ![]() His baptism entry in the register of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, gives "Arthur Ignatius Conan" as his given names and "Doyle" as his surname. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the Mary Celeste.ĭoyle is often referred to as "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" or "Conan Doyle", implying that "Conan" is part of a compound surname rather than a middle name. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.ĭoyle was a prolific writer other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL ( – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. ![]()
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Morris Award Finalist Cat Winters follows her debut novel with "The Cure for Dreaming," a unique and frightening story about a teenage girl who discovers a terrifying side effect after undergoing hypnosis. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Volume of painted canvases (well over 500, now) stacked in Clive's studio, lending a comforting sense of momentum to the whole series.Ībarat: Absolute Midnight was published in September 2011, with paperback editions released in the UK (October 2012) and later in the US (planned for September 2013).Īlthough Absolute Midnight is inescapably dark in sentiment, more glorious days will follow - Clive continues to work on writing Book Four - Kry Rising - and a gold-covered Book Five has a new working title, Abarat : Until The End Of Time. ![]() Since then, Clive has worked on other projects but has continued to paint for Abarat and there's an astonishing The second volume - Abarat : Days of Magic, Nights of War. 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He was born on Januin Knoxville, Tennessee and was brought up in his home of the World’s Fair of 1982 in Knoxville. Alan Gratz is a well known American author of the young adult genre. ![]() |