Editing Sherlock Holmes (section)

==== Minor characters ====
Some authors have written tales centred on characters from the canon other than Holmes. Anthologies edited by [[Michael Kurland]] and [[George Mann (writer)|George Mann]] are entirely devoted to stories told from the perspective of characters other than Holmes and Watson. [[John Gardner (British writer)|John Gardner]], Michael Kurland, and [[Kim Newman]], amongst many others, have all written tales in which Holmes's nemesis [[Professor Moriarty]] is the main character. [[Mycroft Holmes]] has been the subject of several efforts: ''Enter the Lion'' by [[Michael P. Hodel]] and Sean M. Wright (1979),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-p-sean-m-wright-hodel/enter-the-lion-a-posthumous-memoir-of-mycroft-h/|title=Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes|date=1 July 1979|website=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=4 January 2020|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219042818/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/michael-p-sean-m-wright-hodel/enter-the-lion-a-posthumous-memoir-of-mycroft-h/|url-status=live}}</ref> a four-book series by [[Quinn Fawcett]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/|title=Quinn Fawcett|website=Macmillan Publishers|language=en-US|access-date=4 January 2020|archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105025352/https://us.macmillan.com/author/|url-status=live}}</ref> and 2015's ''[[Mycroft Holmes (novel)|Mycroft Holmes]]'', by [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] and Anna Waterhouse.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/kareem-abdul-jabbar-returns-to-his-other-passion-sherlock-holmes/2018/10/02/e1564636-c591-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html|title=Review {{!}} Kareem Abdul-Jabbar returns to his other passion: Sherlock Holmes|last=Dirda|first=Michael|date=3 October 2018|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003124607/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/kareem-abdul-jabbar-returns-to-his-other-passion-sherlock-holmes/2018/10/02/e1564636-c591-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html|archive-date=3 October 2018|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref> [[M. J. Trow]] has written a series of seventeen books using [[Inspector Lestrade]] as the central character, beginning with ''The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade'' in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mjtrow.co.uk/lestrade/|title=The Lestrade Series|last=Trow|first=M.J.|website=M. J. Trow, Author and Lecturer|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701151145/http://www.mjtrow.co.uk/lestrade/|archive-date=1 July 2016|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref> [[Carole Nelson Douglas]]' Irene Adler series is based on "the woman" from "A Scandal in Bohemia", with the first book (1990's ''Good Night, Mr. Holmes'') retelling that story from Adler's point of view.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://carolenelsondouglas.com/book-series/irene-adler/|title=The Irene Adler Series|website=Carole Nelson Douglas|access-date=26 December 2019|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226200647/http://carolenelsondouglas.com/book-series/irene-adler/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Martin Davies (writer)|Martin Davies]] has written three novels where Baker Street housekeeper [[Mrs. Hudson]] is the protagonist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://martindaviesauthor.com/the-holmes-%26-hudson-series|title=The Holmes & Hudson Series|website=Martin Davies|access-date=26 December 2019|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910123913/http://www.martindaviesauthor.com/the-holmes-%26-hudson-series|url-status=dead}}</ref>