Thierry Martens

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 anthologies and studies about popular "Holmesian-style" French-language crime novels of the early twentieth century. Martens also authored some dark Holmesian pastiches in French as well as super-science novels.

Works The original Lord Lister was a German avatar of the French Arsène Lupin and Fantomas characters and of the English A.J. Raffles as well.

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)