Val Andrews was a music hall artist, ventriloquist and writer. He passed away in 2006.
Andrews was a prolific writer on magic, having published over 1000 books and booklets from 1952. He also authored Sherlock Holmes pastiches and Houdini novels.
Books[]
- Sherlock Holmes and the Charlie Chaplin Mystery
- 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 Long Acre 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)