Nicholas Meyer

Nicholas Meyer (born 1945 in New York City) - an active American screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for his influential Sherlock Holmes pastiches and his work on the Star Trek film franchise. Career Breakthrough: He gained international fame with his 1974 novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, which reimagined Sherlock Holmes seeking treatment for cocaine addiction from Sigmund

Freud. Meyer’s Holmes novels are presented as “discoveries” of lost manuscripts by Dr. John H. Watson,which Meyer has merely “edited”. The 4^th installment of the 7-book series, “The Adventures of the Peculiar Protocols”, has Holmes and Watson investigating the origins of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a real-life fraudulent document created by the Tsar’s secret police, that purported to be minutes from a secret meeting of powerful Jews plotting world domination. As part of their investigation, Holmes and Watson interact with real historical Jewish figures, including Israel Zangwill and Chaim Weizmann. The novel is a commentary on the persistence of hate speech and “fake news,” and it details the horrific conditions of Jewish life in Russia, including descriptions of the brutal Kishinev pogroms of 1903 and 1905. Meyer is Jewish and has discussed how his heritage influenced his writing, including his work on Star Trek films. [Google/AI]

Meyer, Nicholas, (The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols: Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, M.D.)  [hc, Minotaur Books, Oct 2019] 978-1250228956 [pb, Minotaur, 2020] 978-1250754417