Thierry Martens (29 January 1942 – 27 June 2011) was a Belgian author who wrote science fiction, detective novels, short stories and comics under the pen name Yves Varende.
Career Martens was the editor of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou between 1968 and 1977. He published several highly documented anthologiescf. the introduction to the mentioned Lord Lister's anthology and "Sherlock Holmes revient" in the bibliography section and studies about popular "Holmesian-style" French-language crime novels of the early twentieth century.See his introduction and foreword as editor of the Belgian re-edition of the Lord Lister short stories Martens also authored some dark Holmesian pastiches in French as well as super-science novels.The Belgian fantasy literature
Works
Sci-fi novels Les Gadgets de l'Apocalypse (1978) Les Tueurs de l'Ordre (1980) Tuez les Tous (1980)
Non-fiction studies Introduction to the Belgian re-edition (in French language) of the "Lord Lister, genannt Raffles, der Meisterdieb" German pulp magazine, introducing the fictional character Raffles (also known as Lord Lister) - Claude Lefrancq Editeur Brussels 1995 (Vol.I) 1996 (Vol.II)
Holmesian novels Le Requin de la Tamise Lefrancq coll. En Poche, Paris 1997 le Tueur dans le Fog Le Secret de l'Ile au Chien Les Meurtres du Titanic Lefrancq coll. En Poche, Paris 1998 L'otage de Fraulein Doktor Sherlock Holmes et les Fantômes anthology (Fleuve noir 1999)
Anthologies Sherlock Holmes revient : an anthology of six German anonymous short stories (translated into French) originally published between 1907 and 1911. Introduction authored by editor/translator. (1996, éditions Fleuve Noir, collection Super Poche n° 27)
See also A. J. Raffles vs. the contemporary German Lord Lister
Notes
External links Sherlock Holmes revient L'Echo du Canon the French Sherlock Holmes society quarterly The European Wold Newton Universe - detectives characters section