Eve Titus

Eve Titus (July 16, 1922 – February 4, 2002) was an American children's writer. She is particularly known for her books featuring the anthropomorphic mice characters Anatole, a heroic and resourceful French mouse, and Basil of Baker Street, a Victorian era mouse private detective who emulates Sherlock Holmes. Anatole later became the subject of a Canadian-produced animated television series entitled Anatole, while Basil was adapted into the 1986 Disney animated feature film The Great Mouse Detective.

Titus was a member of Mystery Writers of America and The Baker Street Irregulars.

Books

Anatole Anatole (1956) Anatole and the Cat (1957) Anatole and the Robot (1960) Anatole Over Paris (1961) Anatole and the Poodle (1965) Anatole and the Piano (1966) Anatole and the Thirty Thieves (1969) Anatole and the Toy Shop (1970) Anatole in Italy (1973) Anatole and the Pied Piper (1979)

Basil of Baker Street Basil of Baker Street (1958) Basil and the Lost Colony (1964) Basil and the Pygmy Cats (1971) Basil in Mexico (1976) Basil in the Wild West (1982)

Other The Kitten Who Couldn't Purr (1960) Mouse and the Lion (1962) The Two Stonecutters (1967) Mr. Shaw's Shipshape Shoeshop (1970) Why the Wind God Wept (1972)