Val Andrews (author)
Val Andrews was a music hall artist, ventriloquist, and writer.
Andrews was born in Hove, Sussex, England a few hours after Valentine's Day, hence his name. Son of an architect, he was introduced to magic by his father. Andrews was a prolific writer on magic, having published over 1000 books and booklets from 1952. He also authored Sherlock Holmes pastiches and Houdini's novels. He lived for a number of years in Brighton, then in London where he joined the London Society of Magicians.
Awards
- The John Nevil Maskelyne Prize
Autobiography
- Dedicated Magic
- ''Four seasons in the life of Val Andrews''
Sherlock Holmes novels
- Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian
- Sherlock Holmes and the Brighton Pavilion Mystery
- Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure
- Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright
- Sherlock Holmes and the Yule-tide Mystery
- Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Dozen
- Sherlock Holmes and the Circus of Fear
- Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery
- Sherlock Holmes and the Theatre of Death
- Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery
- Sherlock Holmes and the Tomb of Terror
- Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front
- Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties
- The Torment of Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes and the Longacre Vampire
- Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium
- Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven
- The Ghost of Baker Street
- The Prince of Ventriloquists: Another Case for Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes and the Hilldrop Crescent Mystery
- ''Sherlock Holmes and the Charlie Chaplin Affair''