Leslie S. Klinger

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Leslie S. Klinger
Klinger in 2024
Klinger at the 2024 WonderCon
Born
Chicago, Illinois
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (B.A. in English)
UC Berkeley School of Law (J.D.)
Occupation(s)lawyer, writer

Leslie S. Klinger is an American attorney and writer. He is a noted

H.P. Lovecraft, and Neil Gaiman's American Gods
.

Biography

Klinger received a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley.[1] It was in law school that he developed his interest in Holmes, leading him to amass a collection of thousands of books about the detective.[2] Klinger also has a substantial collection of pre-World War I crime fiction. As well as being an author and scholar, Klinger practices law.[3]

Publications

He is the editor of

Edgar Award.[4] He also edited the scholarly ten-volume Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, a heavily annotated edition of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon, and The New Annotated Dracula, an annotated version of Bram Stoker's novel[5] with an introduction by Neil Gaiman.[6] In 2011, he co-edited with Laurie R. King The Grand Game, a two-volume collection of classical Sherlockian scholarship published by the Baker Street Irregulars,[7] and A Study in Sherlock, a collection of stories by all-star writers inspired by the Sherlock Holmes tales (Random House).[8] Klinger and King edited another collection, In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, with more stories by great writers inspired by the Holmes canon, published by Pegasus Books in 2014.[9] Klinger also wrote a short story, "The Closing," for that collection, his first fiction to be published in book form. Klinger and King edited a third volume of stories for Pegasus, published in 2016 and entitled Echoes of Sherlock Holmes;[10]
their fourth collection, titled For the Sake of the Game, was published by Pegasus in 2018. The fifth volume, titled In League with Sherlock Holmes, was published by Pegasus in 2020.

The first two volumes of The Annotated Sandman, a four-volume edition of

The Sandman comics for DC Comics, appeared in 2012;[11] the third volume was published in 2014, and the fourth volume appeared in 2015. Watchmen: The Annotated Edition was edited by Klinger for DC Comics with Dave Gibbons, using extensive material from Alan Moore
's original scripts; the book was published in late 2017.

Klinger also edited The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft,[12] a massive illustrated collection of heavily annotated stories with an introduction by Alan Moore for Liveright/W. W. Norton, was published in 2014. A second annotated volume of Lovecraft tales, titled The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, with an introduction by Victor LaValle, was published by Liveright in 2019.[13] A single-volume trade paperback edition of 10 stories, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories, including Klinger's notes, was published by Liveright in 2022. The New Annotated Frankenstein, also from Liveright/W. W. Norton with an introduction by Guillermo del Toro, was published in 2017.[14]

Klinger has also contributed introductions to numerous books of mystery and horror, written book reviews for the

Robert Downey, Jr.,[17][18] and on the sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, released in 2011, as well as Enola Holmes and the sequel film
and a number of other film scripts and comic book adaptations of the Holmes and Dracula stories.

In 2011, Klinger edited two collections of classic fiction, In the Shadow of Dracula and In the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes, both from IDW.

W.R. Burnett
, the basis for the first great gangster film.

Klinger, together with Laura Caldwell, who was a well-known writer and law professor at Loyola University Chicago and founder-director of Life After Innocence, edited an anthology, titled Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted, published by Liveright/W. W. Norton in 2017. The anthology tells the stories of exonerees—individuals wrongfully incarcerated for crimes they did not commit—as told to major mystery and thriller writers. The volume is introduced by Scott Turow and Barry Scheck and also contains a previously unpublished essay by the renowned playwright Arthur Miller on a wrongful conviction case. All authors' proceeds will be donated to Life After Innocence.

In 2020, Annotated American Gods by Neil Gaiman and Klinger—a fully annotated and illustrated edition of Gaiman's multi-award-winning 2000 novel American Gods, was published . His next major book, New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Joe Hill, was published in October 2022 by the Mysterious Press.

Klinger also served as general editor of the Haunted Library of Horror Classics, co-edited with

Jane Webb
.

He is also the editor of the ongoing Library of Congress Crime Classics series, published by the Poisoned Pen Press/Sourcebooks in partnership with the

Seeley Regester, Jim Hanvey, Detective by Octavus Roy Cohen, The Metropolitan Opera Murders by Helen Traubel, The Conjure-Man Dies by Rudolph Fisher, Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams, Room to Swing by Ed Lacy, The Master of Mysteries by Gelett Burgess, A Gentle Murderer by Dorothy Salisbury Davis, The Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle, The "Canary" Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine, and In the Fog by Richard Harding Davis. Coming soon are V as in Victim by Lawrence Treat, To Catch a Thief by David Dodge (novelist), and Uncle Abner by Melville Davisson Post
.

Literary organizations

Klinger is a member of the Sherlock Holmes literary club called The Baker Street Irregulars,[12] as well as numerous other Sherlockian societies such as The Illustrious Clients of Indianapolis. He served three terms as chapter president of the Southern California chapter of the Mystery Writers of America from 2006 to 2009 and is again serving in that role. He is a member of Sisters in Crime, the Horror Writers Association (and served as the Treasurer of HWA[12]), the Dracula Society, and the Transylvanian Society of Dracula. He is an honorary member of the Mystery Writers of Turkey[21] and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Dracula Studies. Klinger is the chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Friends of the Toronto Public Library.

He was the general editor of a number of books published by the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI), including the Manuscript Series,

UCLA Extension in November 2009. Klinger has also moderated or appeared on many panels for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
.

Lawsuit against Conan Doyle Estate Ltd

In February 2013, Klinger filed a copyright lawsuit against Conan Doyle Estate Ltd, a UK-based private company which had demanded a license fee for the use of the Sherlock Holmes characters in the In the Company of Sherlock Holmes short story collection.[3] In the United States in 2013, only ten of Conan Doyle's sixty original Sherlock Holmes stories were in copyright, and the proposed stories relied only on aspects of the characters defined in public domain stories (such as Holmes's bohemian habits, deductive reasoning, and many supporting characters).[22][23]

In December 2013, Judge Rubén Castillo ruled that stories published prior to 1923 were in the public domain but that ten stories published after then were still under copyright.[24] The stories in the public domain consist of the four novels and 46 short stories.[24] Judge Castillo rejected a claim by Conan Doyle Estate Ltd. that some aspects of Holmes in the pre-1923 stories were protected by copyright because they were "continually developed" through the protected ten stories, which would not enter the public domain until 2022.[24] Any author or creator is free to use characters and events in the pre-1923 stories, including Holmes and Watson themselves, but elements introduced in the copyrighted stories, such as Watson's rugby background with Blackheath and details of Holmes' retirement, remain protected by copyright law. In June 2014, in an opinion by Judge Richard Posner, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the lower court decision in favor of Klinger and confirmed the public-domain status of the pre-1923 material.[25] In November 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a further appeal by Conan Doyle Estate Ltd, making the Court of Appeals' finding final.[26][27][28]

Awards

Klinger's awards for his editorial work include:

1999:

  • "Special Sherlock" (best Sherlockian book of the year) for "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, Vol. 1 (Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine)

2003:

  • "Special Sherlock" (best Sherlockian book of the year) for "The Hound of the Baskervilles," Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, Vol. 4 (Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine)

2005:

  • Edgar Award for "Best Critical/Biographical Work" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Mystery Writers of America)[29]
  • Macavity Award Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Mystery Readers International)[30]
  • Anthony Award Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Bouchercon World Mystery Convention)[31]
  • Agatha Award Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Malice Domestic Convention)[32]
  • Quill Award Nominated in the Mystery/Thriller category for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Quills Foundation)

2006:

  • Edgar Award
    Nominated for "Best Critical/Biographical Work" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels"
  • Macavity Award
    Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels"
  • Anthony Award
    Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels"
  • Agatha Award Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels"

2012:

  • Bram Stoker Award Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The Annotated Sandman, Vol. 1" (Horror Writers Association)[33]

2014:

  • Bram Stoker Award Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft" (Horror Writers Association)[33]

2015:

2017:

  • Silver Falchion Award Nominated for Best Anthology for "Echoes of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon," co-edited with Laurie R. King (Killer Nashville Mystery Convention)[36]

2018:

  • World Fantasy Award Nominated for Special Award—Professional for "The New Annotated Frankenstein" (World Fantasy Convention)[37]

2019:

2020:

References

  1. ^ "Leslie Klinger on Sherlock Holmes, Horror Stories, & Halloween". Pioneer Institute. October 31, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Weingarten, Mark (December 30, 2004). "Case of the Lawyer With a Sherlock Holmes Bent". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Albanese, Andrew (February 19, 2013). "Lawsuit Seeks to Put Sherlock Holmes in the Public Domain". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels". Publishers Weekly. September 5, 2005. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "Editor Leslie Klinger discusses his new annotated 'Dracula'". The Columbus Dispatch. October 7, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  6. ^ Weingarten, Marc (October 31, 2008). "Sinking his critical teeth into 'Dracula'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "The Grand Game A Celebration of Sherlockian Scholarship Volume One: 1902–1959" (PDF). The Baker Street Journal. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  8. ^ Emerson, Derek (October 12, 2012). "Book Review: A Study in Sherlock edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  9. ^ "In the Company of Sherlock Holmes". Kirkus Reviews. October 4, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  10. ^ Seeber, Glen (November 13, 2016). "Book review: 'Echoes of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon,' edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger". The Oklahoman. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
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  12. ^ a b c d e Braga, Jennifer (March 12, 2015). "Event - The Life and Literary Influence of H. P. Lovecraft with Author Leslie S. Klinger". Brown University Library. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  13. ^ O'Neill, John (July 31, 2019). "Cover Reveal: The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, Edited by Leslie S. Klinger". Black Gate. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  14. ^ "'The New Annotated Frankenstein' Brings Fresh Life to the Classic Book". The Malibu Times. March 2, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  15. ^ "killerfilm.com". killerfilm.com. September 12, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  16. ^ ""I Am An Omnivorous Reader" Book reviews" (PDF). The Sherlock Holmes Society of London. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  17. ^ "Exclusive: Author Leslie Klinger on Annotating 'Dracula'". FEARnet. September 17, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  18. ^ Lauren A.E. Schuker (September 11, 2009). "Robert Downey Jr. Talks About Playing Sherlock Holmes - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
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  20. ^ "In the Shadow of Agatha Christie". Kirkus Reviews. October 30, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  21. ^ "Honorary Members". Mystery Writers of Turkey. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  22. ^ "Conan Doyle Estate: Denying Sherlock Holmes Copyright Gives Him 'Multiple Personalities'". The Hollywood Reporter. September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  23. ^ "Conan Doyle Estate Is Horrified That The Public Domain Might Create 'Multiple Personalities' Of Sherlock Holmes". Techdirt. September 16, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  24. ^ a b c McCarthy, Tom (December 27, 2013). "Sherlock Holmes is public property...but steer clear of Watson's second wife". The Guardian.
  25. ^ Gardner, Eriq (June 16, 2014). "Conan Doyle Estate Loses Appeal Over 'Sherlock Holmes' Rights". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  26. ^ Nate Pedersen (November 4, 2014). "Supreme Court Refuses Appeal, 50 Sherlock Holmes Works Officially in Public Domain". Fine Books & Collections.
  27. ^ "Case of Sherlock Holmes copyright closes after US supreme court refuses appeal". The Guardian. November 3, 2014.
  28. ^ Conan Doyle Estate v. Klinger, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 14-316
  29. ^ a b Edgar Awards Database, Mystery Writers of America, retrieved June 3, 2014
  30. ^ Macavity Awards, Mystery Readers International, retrieved June 3, 2014
  31. ^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. October 2, 2003. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  32. ^ Past Agatha Award Winners & Nominees, Malice Domestic Convention, archived from the original on April 12, 2010, retrieved June 3, 2014
  33. ^ a b Past Bram Stoker Nominees & Winners, Horror Writers Association, retrieved June 3, 2014
  34. ^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  35. ^ "2015 Silver Falchion Finalists -". www.killernashville.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015.
  36. ^ "Award Winners -".
  37. ^ "Awards - WFC 2018".
  38. ^ "2019 Anthony Nominees" (PDF). Bouchercon2019. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  39. ^ a b "2019 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalists -".
  40. ^ "Mystery Fanfare: MACAVITY AWARD NOMINEES 2019". July 25, 2019.
  41. ^ "World Fantasy Award".

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