Michael Joseph Kurland (born 1938) is an American author, best known for his works of (in chronological order) science fiction and detective fiction. 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ...

Kurland's early career was devoted to works of science fiction. His first published novel was Ten Years to Doomsday (written with Chester Anderson) in 1964. Other notable works include Tomorrow Knight, Pluribus, Perchance, and The Unicorn Girl. The Unicorn Girl, which was nominated for a Hugo Award, was the middle volume of trilogy by three different authors, the other two being Chester Anderson and T. A. Waters. Kurland has also written two novels, Ten Little Wizards and A Study in Sorcery, set in the world of Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy, prefiguring his later success as a mystery writer. The Hugo Award is given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy stories of the previous year, and for related areas in fandom, art and dramatic presentation. ... Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was a prolific writer for Astounding and other science fiction magazines in the 1950s. ... Lord Darcy is a fictional character used in a number of stories by Randall Garrett. ...

Following the success of The Infernal Device, which was nominated for an Edgar Award, Kurland turned his attention to detective fiction. Several of his subsequent novels have been sequels to The Infernal Device, and feature Sherlock Holmes's nemesis Professor Moriarty. The Edgar Allen Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ... Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th century, created by British author and physician Arthur Conan Doyle. ... Professor Moriarty, illustration by Sidney Paget which accompanied the original publication of The Final Problem Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character who is the best known antagonist of the detective Sherlock Holmes. ...

He has edited two themed anthologies of Sherlock Holmes short stories, My Sherlock Holmes (stories narrated by characters other than Watson or Holmes) and Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years (stories set during the period in which Holmes was supposed to be dead). Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th century, created by British author and physician Arthur Conan Doyle. ...

He is also the author of numerous non-fiction works, including How to Solve a Murder: the Forensic Handbook and How to Try a Murder: the Handbook for Armchair Lawyers.

Michael Kurland lives in Petaluma, California. Petaluma is a city located in Sonoma County, California. ...

Bibliography

(very incomplete)

• Professor Moriarty series
  • The Infernal Device (1978)
  • Death by Gaslight (1982)
  • "The Paradol Paradox" (in The Infernal Device and others, 2001)
  • The Great Game (2001)
  • "Years Ago and in a Different Place" (in My Sherlock Holmes, 2003)
  • "Reichenbach" (in Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, 2004)
  • The Empress of India (forthcoming)

• Alexander Brass series
  • Too Soon Dead
  • The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes
  • "He Couldn't Fly" (in The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits)

External Links

• Author's Home Page (http://www.michaelkurland.com/)