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

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and annotator of classic genre fiction, including the

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stories and the novels ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' as well as

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's ''The Sandman'' comics,

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's and

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's graphic novel ''

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'', the stories of H.P. Lovecraft, and Neil Gaiman's ''

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''.

Biography

Klinger received a B.A. in English from the

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and a J.D. from

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School of Law at UC Berkeley. 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. Klinger also has a substantial collection of pre-World War I crime fiction. As well as being an author and scholar, Klinger practices law.

Publications

He is the editor of ''

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'', a three-book edition of all of

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fiction with extensive annotations and an introduction by

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. Hailed as "the definitive exegesis of Holmes and his times," the book won an

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. 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

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with an introduction by

. 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, and ''A Study in Sherlock'', a collection of stories by all-star writers inspired by the Sherlock Holmes tales (Random House). 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. 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''; 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

's award-winning ''The Sandman'' comics for

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, appeared in 2012; the third volume was published in 2014, and the fourth volume appeared in 2015. ''

: The Annotated Edition'' was edited by Klinger for DC Comics with

, using extensive material from

's original scripts; the book was published in late 2017. Klinger also edited ''The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft'', 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

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, was published by Liveright in 2019. 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

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, was published in 2017. In 2024, he wrote and recorded introductions for Audible's ''The Essential Lovecraft'', a collection of 48 stories. Klinger has also contributed introductions to numerous books of mystery and horror, written book reviews for the ''

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'', ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' and other periodicals, and contributed an essay on vampires and sex, called "Love Bites," to ''Playboy''. A collection of all of his essays from 2007 through 2016, titled "Baker Street Reveries," appeared in 2018 from Wessex Press. He served as a consultant on the 2009 film ''Sherlock Holmes'', starring Robert Downey, Jr., and on the sequel, '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'', released in 2011, as well as '' Enola Holmes'' and the sequel film, the new television series ''

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'' for CBS-TV, and a number of other film and television scripts, books, 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. In 2015, a third collection, ''In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Horror, 1810-1916'', was published by Pegasus Books. A fourth volume, ''In the Shadow of Agatha Christie: Classic Crime Fiction by Forgotten Women Authors, 1850-1917'', was published by Pegasus in 2018, and a fifth collection, ''Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense'', co-edited with

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, came out in 2019. A second volume co-edited with Morton, ''Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, 1852-1923'', was published in 2020. A third volume, ''Weird Women 2: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, 1820-1945'', was published in 2021, and a fourth volume, ''Haunted Tales'', will appear in August 2022. In 2018, Pegasus Books published ''Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s'', which includes '' House Without a Key'' (the first

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novel by Earl Derr Biggers), ''

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'' (the first novel-length Continental Op mystery by

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), '' The Roman Hat Mystery'' (the first

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novel), '' The Benson Murder Case'' (the first Philo Vance novel by S.S. Van Dine), and ''Little Caesar'' by 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

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and

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and also contains a previously unpublished essay by the renowned playwright

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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 ''

'', was published . His next major book, ''New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde'' by

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, 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 Eric J. Guignard and published by the Horror Writers Association and Poisoned Pen Press/

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. The series consisted of ''Phantom of the Opera'' by

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, followed by ''The Beetle'' by Richard Marsh, ''Vathek'' by William Beckford, ''House on the Borderlands'' by

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, ''Of One Blood'' by Pauline Hopkins, ''The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror'' by

, ''The King in Yellow'' by Robert W. Chambers, ''Ghost Stories of an Antiquarian'' by

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, ''Gothic Classics: The Castle of Otranto and The Old English Baron'' by

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and Clara Reeve, and ''The Mummy!'' by 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

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. The first book in the series is ''That Affair Next Door'' by

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. This was followed by ''The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope'' by C.W. Grafton, ''Case Pending'' by

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, ''Final Proof'' by Rodrigues Ottolengui, ''Last Seen Wearing'' by

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, ''The Silent Bullet'' by Arthur B. Reeve, ''The Dead Letter'' by 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

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, ''Room to Swing'' by Ed Lacy, ''The Master of Mysteries'' by

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, ''A Gentle Murderer'' by Dorothy Salisbury Davis, ''The Thinking Machine'' by Jacques Futrelle, ''The "Canary" Murder Case'' by S. S. Van Dine, ''In the Fog'' by Richard Harding Davis, and ''V as in Victim'' by

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. Coming in 2025 are ''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, 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

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from 2006 to 2009 and is again serving in that role and on the National Board. He is a member of

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, the Horror Writers Association (and served as the Treasurer of HWA), the Dracula Society, and the Transylvanian Society of Dracula. He is an honorary member of the Mystery Writers of Turkey 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, and is currently the general editor of the BSI's Biography Series and serves as "Buttons," a senior officer of the BSI. He has lectured frequently on Holmes, ''Dracula'', Lovecraft, ''Frankenstein'', Jekyll and Hyde, and the Victorian world and has taught a number of courses for

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Extension on Sherlock Holmes. He also taught a course on "Dracula and His World" for

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. 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

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stories (such as Holmes's bohemian habits, deductive reasoning, and many supporting characters). 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. The stories in the public domain consist of the four novels and 46 short stories. 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. 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

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, the

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affirmed the lower court decision in favor of Klinger and confirmed the public-domain status of the pre-1923 material. In November 2014, the

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refused to hear a further appeal by Conan Doyle Estate Ltd, making the Court of Appeals' finding final.

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: *

for "Best Critical/Biographical Work" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Mystery Writers of America) *

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Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Mystery Readers International) *

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Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Bouchercon World Mystery Convention) *

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Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Malice Domestic Convention) *

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Nominated in the Mystery/Thriller category for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories," 2-vol. set (Quills Foundation) 2006: *

Nominated for "Best Critical/Biographical Work" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels" *

Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels" *

Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels" 2012: *

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Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The Annotated Sandman, Vol. 1" (Horror Writers Association) 2014: *

Nominated for "Best Nonfiction" for "The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft" (Horror Writers Association) 2015: *

for Best Anthology for "In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon," co-edited with Laurie R. King (Bouchercon World Mystery Convention) * Silver Falchion Award for Best Anthology for "In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon," co-edited with Laurie R. King (Killer Nashville Mystery Convention) 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) 2018: * World Fantasy Award Nominated for Special Award—Professional for "The New Annotated Frankenstein" (World Fantasy Convention) 2019: * Morley-Montgomery Award for best article in the "Baker Street Journal" (2018) (The Baker Street Irregulars) *

for "Best Critical/Biographical Work" for "Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s" (Mystery Writers of America) *

Nominated for Best Critical/Non-fiction for "Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s" (Bouchercon World Mystery Convention) * Silver Falchion Award Nominated for Best Anthology for "For the Sake of the Game: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon," co-edited with Laurie R. King (Killer Nashville Mystery Convention) * Silver Falchion Award Nominated for Best Nonfiction for "Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s" (Killer Nashville Mystery Convention) *

Nominated for Best Nonfiction for "Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s" (Mystery Readers International) 2020: * World Fantasy Award Nominated for Special Award—Professional for "The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham" (World Fantasy Convention)

References

External links

www.lesliesklinger.com
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