Narrelle M Harris: writer | editor | songwriter | crafter
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The Only One in the World: “Mistress Islet and the General’s Son” by Lucy Sussex I first spoke to Lucy Sussex about writing a New Zealand pakeha (non-Maori) Holmes for the anthology, but she had recently discovered a real woman from history named Anne Kidderminster, nee Holmes, who in the 17th century investigated her husband’s murder when the authorities failed […]
» Read moreThe Only One in the World: “The Path of Truth.” by Jack Fennell I was introduced to Jack Fennell at the Worldcon in Dublin in 2019 by Atlin Merrick, who had adored A Brilliant Void, a book of Irish science fiction by women which he’d compiled and edited. He hosted the Irish Ghost Stories panel at the convention, but by […]
» Read moreThe Only One in the World: “The Adventure of the Fated Homecoming” by Jayantika Ganguly Although I haven’t met Jay in person, I’ve known of her work via other Holmesian anthologies and we’ve shared Table of Contents space in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures Beyond the Canon. Jay also edits Proceedings of the Pondicherry Lodge for the Sherlock Holmes Society of India […]
» Read moreToday I ask Jenny Blackford five questions about her new book! 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? It’s called The Girl in the Mirror, because it all started with a story of two girls seeing each other through an oval mirror on the wall of the bedroom that they both […]
» Read moreToday I ask Dawn Meredith five questions about her new book! 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? My book is called Rebel and is the first in the Flight trilogy. Titles are my nemesis really. It takes ages to find the right one and even then I am […]
» Read moreToday I’m asking Fin J Ross 5 questions about her new book! 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? My newly released novel is Billings Better Bookstore and Brasserie. I specifically wanted an alliterative title, so my bookstore name had to start with ‘B’. The title was originally Billings Better Bookstore […]
» Read moreToday I’m asking GV Pearce 5 questions about their new book! 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? The book is called Ghost Story, which is also an accurate description for its contents. There were a few themes so it was a little difficult to choose, but sometimes it’s nice to […]
» Read moreToday I’m asking Vikki Holstein 5 questions about her new book! 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? Breaking Storm went through a few name changes before my editor suggested the name should reflect one of the elements that weave throughout the book. As soon as she suggested Breaking Storm, […]
» Read moreToday I’m asking Margaret Walsh 5 questions about her latest book! 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? My latest book is Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Perplexed Politician. It was very hard to pick a title, because everything else I came up with pretty much gave away the […]
» Read moreToday I’m asking Paul Collins 5 questions about his latest book! 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? James Gong: The Big Hit was initially written as The Big Hit. Then I figured I might write this character into a series. A series needs a tag line so I decided to […]
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