ABOUT THE AUTHORS

JOHN HAMISH WATSON was born in England in 1847. After obtaining his medical degree from the University of London Medical School in 1878, he enrolled in the course at Netley for Army surgeons, after which he was attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers and sent to India. He was wounded at the Battle of Maiwand during the Second Afghan War in 1880, after which he returned to England with nine months’ veteran’s pension. In January the following year, he met Sherlock Holmes, who was looking for someone to share his lodgings. Watson found his niche, chronicling sixty cases of his detective friend. He resumed his practice of medicine, was married twice, and died in England in 1940.

 

NICHOLAS MEYER is the “editor” of three previous Sherlock Holmes adventures—The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The West End Horror, and The Canary Trainer. A screenwriter and film director, he is responsible for The Day After and Time After Time, as well as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, among many others. A native of New York City, he lives in Santa Monica, California. You can sign up for email updates here.