Uncategorized Archives - Tim Symonds – Writer of Sherlock Holmes Novels

WHAT OF WATSON? HOW IMPORTANT IS DR WATSON?

Posted August 4, 2023 by Nick Shaw 285 0 0

Readers of any of my seven Sherlock Holmes novels or the collections of my short stories will realise I have very considerable admiration for Dr. John H. Watson. I’m not the first to deplore the traditional Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Hollywood...

Tim Through The Years: Tim in his late 20s

Posted October 30, 2018 by stu 1943 0 0

Tim Through The Years: Tim in his late 20s pretending he owned a Rolls

Posted October 30, 2018 by stu 1870 0 0

Tim Through The Years: Tim visiting the New York Times on a 3-month visit to ‘The Big Apple’

Posted October 30, 2018 by stu 1861 0 0

What of Watson?

Posted February 22, 2017 by stu 3431 0 0

Readers of any of my five novels or the short stories will realise I’ve very considerable admiration for Dr. John H. Watson. I’m not the first to deplore the traditional Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Hollywood portrayal of the former Army surgeon...

Tim Symonds’ favourite fictional couple

Posted February 11, 2017 by stu 3845 0 0

Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn on location in Africa for the filming of ‘The African Queen’, 1951 A Goodreads reader kindly asked me, ‘who is your favourite fictional couple?’ As the author of five Sherlock Holmes novels I ought to say...

I have placed several canvass chairs around favourite locations in the Sussex High Weald woodland

Posted September 7, 2016 by stu 2328 0 0

I have placed several canvass chairs around favourite locations in the Sussex High Weald woodland, such as this one near Burwash. Even in winter it’s usually warm enough to spend a couple of hours typing away at my novels, though the chairs...

Tim Symonds and Lesley Abdela in the African bush

Posted September 3, 2016 by stu 2733 0 0

Tim Symonds and Lesley Abdela in the African bush

About the Author

Posted July 9, 2016 by stu 2816 0 1

Tim Symonds lives in the Sussex Weald – a series of wooded hills and valleys near the ancient Ashdown Forest, a region thoroughly familiar to Arthur Conan Doyle. He writes in a converted oast-house looking out at a bunch of rowdy jackdaws...