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Leslie S. Klinger

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http://www.goodreads.com/lklinger

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in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

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male

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http://www.lesliesklinger.com/index.html

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Mystery & Thrillers, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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William S. Baring-Gould, Martin Gardner

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May 2009

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Leslie S. Klinger is considered to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on those twin icons of the Victorian era, Sherlock Holmes and Dracula. He is the editor of the three-volume collection of the short stories and novels, THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES, published by W. W. Norton in 2004 and 2005, winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work and nominated for every other major award in the mystery genre. THE NEW ANNOTATED DRACULA, published by W. W. Norton in 2008, delivers promises a similar in-depth examination of Bram Stoker’s haunting classic and its historical context.

Since the 1960’s, the study of the rich fantastic literature of the Victorian writers has been Klinger’s consuming passion. He has written doz...more Leslie S. Klinger is considered to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on those twin icons of the Victorian era, Sherlock Holmes and Dracula. He is the editor of the three-volume collection of the short stories and novels, THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES, published by W. W. Norton in 2004 and 2005, winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work and nominated for every other major award in the mystery genre. THE NEW ANNOTATED DRACULA, published by W. W. Norton in 2008, delivers promises a similar in-depth examination of Bram Stoker’s haunting classic and its historical context.

Since the 1960’s, the study of the rich fantastic literature of the Victorian writers has been Klinger’s consuming passion. He has written dozens of articles on Sherlockiana, published more than a dozen books on Sherlock Holmes and Dracula in addition to the Norton works, and regularly teaches UCLA Extension courses on Holmes and Dracula. In addition, he has edited a number of anthologies collecting original and classic detective and vampire tales. His latest major work is THE ANNOTATED SANDMAN, a panel-by-panel examination of Neil Gaiman’s near-legendary “Sandman” comics. Given unprecedented access to Gaiman’s scripts and based on hours of conversations with the author, Klinger adds hundreds of notes describing historical sources, literary and popular cultural references and illuminates the characters and milieu of the rich stories. Published by DC Comics, the first volume appeared in January 2012; the remaining three will be published over the succeeding 18 months. His next major project is THE NEW ANNOTATED H. P. LOVECRAFT, to be published by W. W. Norton in 2015.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Klinger received an A.B. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by a J.D. from Boalt Hall (School of Law, U.C. Berkeley). Since then, he has lived in Los Angeles, pursuing a legal career in tax, estate, and business planning. Klinger is a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, the Horror Writers Association, and the Mystery Writers of America. He served three times as the Chapter President of the SoCal Chapter of MWA and on its National Board of Directors and currently serves as Treasurer of the Horror Writers Association.(less)

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Average rating: 4.23 · 3,794 ratings · 407 reviews · 21 distinct works · Similar authors

	In the Shadow of Dracula: Classic Vampire Fiction, 1816-1914 by Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Johann Ludwig Tieck, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Annotated Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Annotator), Various (Illustrations) 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 1,951 ratings — published 1927 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Annotated Dracula by Bram Stoker, Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 280,038 ratings — published 1897 — 1013 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume I: The Short Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.63 of 5 stars 4.63 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trial of Sherlock Holmes (Dynamite Entertainment Sherlock Holmes, #1) by Leah Moore (Goodreads Author), John Reppion (Goodreads Author), Aaron Campbell (Illustrator) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Annotated Sandman, Vol. 2 by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume III: The Novels by Arthur Conan Doyle, Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 940 ratings — published 1917 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Study in Sherlock: Stories inspired by the Holmes canon by Laurie R. King (Goodreads Author) (editor), Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alan Bradley (Goodreads Author) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,271 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Um Estudo em Vermelho (Sherlock Holmes, #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maria Luiza X. de A. Borges (Translator) 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 67,451 ratings — published 1887 — 368 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Leslie Klinger made a comment on Expanding the Canon: "The "Sherlock Holmes Reference Library" (published by Wessex Press) has a 10th volume entitled "The Apocrypha" that annotates the key expansions of th...more "
Jul 13, 2012 08:58am
Leslie Klinger rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Magician King (The Magicians, #2) by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Leslie Klinger rated a book 5 of 5 stars A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) by George R.R. Martin	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Leslie Klinger rated a book 5 of 5 stars Reamde by Neal Stephenson	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Leslie Klinger rated a book 5 of 5 stars 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Leslie Klinger rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Leslie Klinger rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 24, 2010 06:58pm
Leslie Klinger made a comment on his profile "Beth wrote: "Hi Leslie, Thanks for befriending this fellow Goodreads author!" A pleasure--any member of MWA is a friend of mine. Do you Twitter? I'm at...more "
Jul 09, 2009 10:57am
Leslie Klinger said "yes" to attending the event: California Crime Writers Conference date: June 13, 2009 01:30PM location: The Hilton Pasadena, 168 South Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, The United States description: The SoCal chapter of MWA has joined forces with Sisters in Crime to present the California Crime Writers Conference, the next generation of the successful No Crime Unpublished conference. Laurie and Robert Crais are the conference’s keynote speakers with special signing sessions scheduled for each. For more information, please see the CCWC website.
Jun 05, 2009 03:42pm