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Leslie S. Klinger is considered to be one of the world's foremost authorities on Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, H. P. Lovecraft, Frankenstein, and 19th-century genre fiction. Klinger is a long-time member of the Baker Street Irregulars, and has served three terms as Chapter President of the SoCal Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and on its National Board. He is also the Treasurer of the Horror Writers Association. Klinger was the technical advisor for Warner Bros. on the film
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and served (without credit) in that role for Warner Bros.' earlier hit
Sherlock Holmes (2009). He has consulted on a number of novels, comic books, and graphic novels featuring Holmes and Dracula. He lectures frequently on Holmes, Dracula, Lovecraft, Frankenstein and their worlds, including frequent panels at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Bouchercon, NecronomiCon, StokerCon, World Horror Convention, World Fantasy Convention, VampireCon, Comicpalooza, WonderCon, and San Diego Comic-Con. Klinger's work has received numerous awards and nominations, including the Edgar® for Best Critical-Biographical Book in 2005 for The
New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories and the Anthony for Best Anthology in 2015 for
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes (co-edited with Laurie R. King) and two nominations for the Bram Stoker Award® for Best Nonfiction book. His introductions and essays have appeared in numerous books, graphic novels, academic journals, newspapers, the
Los Angeles Review of Books, and
Playboy Magazine; he also reviews books for the Los Angeles Times.
Les Klinger interview on Sherlock Holmes and the New Sherlockians
