Sheldon Goldfarb
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Sheldon Goldfarb

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Born in Montreal long ago in another century, I have always been interested in history, strange facts, reading, and writing. I started with reading “Black Beauty” (unless you count Dr. Seuss and Dick and Jane) and graduated to sports novels and the Hardy Boys. I’ve always loved a good mystery, and eventually wrote one myself, “Remember, Remember,” which even got nominated for a prize (didn’t win, though). Of course, what better mysteries are there than the ones about “the Greatest Detective,” Sherlock Holmes? I discovered Holmes at the age of 12, then much later joined a Sherlock Holmes society (the Stormy Petrels of British Columbia, which is where I now live), and just recently have published a book of “Musings” about the Great Detective’s exploits. Oh, and my interest in history led me to become an archivist for the student society at the University of British Columbia, which in turn led to my book, “The Hundred-Year Trek: A History of Student Life at UBC.” In an earlier life I acquired a PhD specializing in the Victorian author William Makepeace Thackeray. I even published a couple of books about him, but they’re on the scholarly side. Better to stick to my more recent output, like the book on Sherlock Holmes: it’s fun.
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