Val Andrews (author)

Val Andrews (15 February 1926 – 12 December 2006^[1]) was a music hall artist, ventriloquist, and writer.^[1]

Andrews was born in Hove, Sussex, England a few hours after Valentine's Day, hence his name.^[1] Son of an architect, he was introduced to magic by his father.^[1] Andrews was a prolific writer on magic, having published over 1000 books and booklets from 1952. He also authored Sherlock Holmes pastiches^[1] and Houdini's novels.^{[clarification needed]} He lived for a number of years in Brighton, then in London (from 1943 onwards) where he joined the London Society of Magicians.

Awards

• The John Nevil Maskelyne Prize (2000)^[2]

Bibliography

Autobiography

• Dedicated Magic (1971)
• Four seasons in the life of Val Andrews (1984)

Sherlock Holmes novels

• Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian (1988)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Brighton Pavilion Mystery (1989)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (1993)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (1995)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Yule-tide Mystery (1996)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (1996)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Dozen (1997)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Circus of Fear (1997)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (1997)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Theatre of Death (1997)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (1998)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Tomb of Terror (1999)
• Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (1999)
• Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (1999)
• The Torment of Sherlock Holmes (1999)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Longacre Vampire (2000)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (2001)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (2001)
• The Ghost of Baker Street (2006)
• The Prince of Ventriloquists: Another Case for Sherlock Holmes (2006; Audio CD)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Hilldrop Crescent Mystery (2011)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Charlie Chaplin Affair (2020)