Devyani Goel

“From the vantage of the early twenty-first century, it might be more accurate to say, with no disrespect, that Arthur Conan Doyle originated Sherlock Holmes. The rest of us, obviously, aren’t yet finished creating him.”
― Zach Dundas, The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes – From Arthur Conan Doyle to Benedict Cumberbatch

“Everyone who writes in the sub-genre of Victorian mystery stands in [Sir Arthur Conan] Doyle's shadow.”
― Will Thomas

“You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing.”
― Laurie R. King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice

“Thus, Marlowe posed the silent question: could aspiring Icarus be happy with a toilsome life on land managing a plough with plodding oxen having once tasted the weightless bliss of flight?”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World