Sherlockian Author Profile - David MacGregor

David was born in Detroit and writes plays, screenplays, and novels. He is a Resident Artist at The Purple Rose Theatre (Chelsea, MI), where ten of his plays have been produced. His work has been produced from New York to Tasmania. He adapted his play "Vino Veritas" into the feature film starring Emmy-winner Carrie Preston, and his short play "For Old Time's Sake" was adapted into the film "Easy Way Out" starring Oscar-nominee John Savage.

His plays have been published by Playscripts, Applause, Smith & Kraus, and Heuer Publishing. His three Sherlock Holmes plays ("Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear," "Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé," and "Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Ghost Machine") are all published by Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW) and have enjoyed productions from Louisiana to New Zealand.

He adapted his trilogy of Sherlock Holmes plays into novels for MX Publishing, and he is also the author of the nonfiction two-volume "Sherlock Holmes: The Hero with a Thousand Faces," which esteemed Sherlockian Roger Johnson described as "a welcome addition to my rather select list of the really important books about Sherlock Holmes."

David has been hanged in effigy, had his writing publicly burned, and teaches writing at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is inordinately fond of cheese and terriers.

More information can be found at david-macgregor.com

There is more information about David under his Amazon profile David MacGregor.