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'''Wayne Worcester''' | '''Wayne Worcester''' is an American journalist, author, and professor. He graduated from the [[University of New Hampshire]] and [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] and worked as a reporter and magazine writer. He became a journalism professor at the [[University of Connecticut]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journalism.uconn.edu/wayne.html|title=Journalist Department {{!}} UConn: Wayne A. Worcester |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130920031026/https://journalism.uconn.edu/wayne.html |archive-date= 2013-09-20 |url-status= dead }}</ref> He is the author of a series of [[Sherlock Holmes]] novels. | ||
== | ==Professional life== | ||
Worcester was a news reporter for | Worcester was a news reporter for ''[[The Providence Journal]]'' in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] for over a decade before he joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut as a journalism professor in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|title=Journalism Professor Turns Writing Skills to Sherlock Holmes Mystery|url=http://advance.uconn.edu/2000/000124/00012410.htm|work=Advance - University of Connecticut|accessdate=21 April 2013}}</ref> He reported on the [[Bonded Vault heist]], a 1975 theft of more than $30 million worth of valuables from safe deposit boxes mostly belonging to the [[Patriarca crime family]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Thirty-five Years Later, a Mafia Heist Still Intrigues|url=http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2011/03/thirty-five-years-later-a-mafia-heist-still-intrigues/|work=UConn Today|accessdate=21 April 2013}}</ref> He began working as a journalism professor in 1987 at the University of Connecticut in [[Storrs, Connecticut]]. | ||
== Personal life== | |||
Worcester has been diagnosed with [[narcolepsy]] and has been featured in national media coverage of the illness, including [[NBC News]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sleeping my life away|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7793283/ns/health-mental_health/t/sleeping-my-life-away/#.UXQuLLVwqoM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303181552/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7793283/ns/health-mental_health/t/sleeping-my-life-away#.UXQuLLVwqoM|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2015|work=NBC News}}</ref> | Worcester has been diagnosed with [[narcolepsy]] and has been featured in national media coverage of the illness, including [[NBC News]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sleeping my life away|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7793283/ns/health-mental_health/t/sleeping-my-life-away/#.UXQuLLVwqoM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303181552/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7793283/ns/health-mental_health/t/sleeping-my-life-away#.UXQuLLVwqoM|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2015|work=NBC News}}</ref> | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
===Sherlock Holmes=== | ===Sherlock Holmes novels=== | ||
*''The Monster of St. Marylebone'' ( | *''The Monster of St. Marylebone'' (1999) {{ISBN|0-451-19871-9}} | ||
*''The Jewel of Covent Garden'' ( | *''The Jewel of Covent Garden'' (2000) {{ISBN|0-451-20195-7}} | ||
==Short stories== | ==Short stories== | ||
*"Sweet Rewards" (included in the mystery anthology ''And the Dying Is Easy'' ( | *"Sweet Rewards" (included in the mystery anthology ''And the Dying Is Easy'' (2001) {{ISBN|0-451-20329-1}}) | ||
===Non-fiction=== | ===Non-fiction=== | ||
*''The Essential Researcher'' ( | *''The Essential Researcher'' (1993) {{ISBN|0-06-271514-3}} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni]] | [[Category:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni]] | ||
[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:Writers of Sherlock Holmes pastiches]] | [[Category:Writers of Sherlock Holmes pastiches]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] | ||
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Wayne Worcester is an American journalist, author, and professor. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and worked as a reporter and magazine writer. He became a journalism professor at the University of Connecticut in 1987.[1] He is the author of a series of Sherlock Holmes novels.
Professional life
Worcester was a news reporter for The Providence Journal in Providence, Rhode Island for over a decade before he joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut as a journalism professor in 1987.[2] He reported on the Bonded Vault heist, a 1975 theft of more than $30 million worth of valuables from safe deposit boxes mostly belonging to the Patriarca crime family.[3] He began working as a journalism professor in 1987 at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut.
Personal life
Worcester has been diagnosed with narcolepsy and has been featured in national media coverage of the illness, including NBC News.[4]
Bibliography
Sherlock Holmes novels
- The Monster of St. Marylebone (1999) Template:ISBN
- The Jewel of Covent Garden (2000) Template:ISBN
Short stories
- "Sweet Rewards" (included in the mystery anthology And the Dying Is Easy (2001) Template:ISBN)
Non-fiction
- The Essential Researcher (1993) Template:ISBN