Join the Sherlock Holmes Collections on Sept. 8 for a riveting book talk with award-winning author, screenwriter, and director, Nicholas Meyer. Meyer will discuss his new book, Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing. The plot follows Holmes and Watson as they delve into the cut-throat world of art forgery in 1890s London.

All are welcome at this free literary event. Please register if you plan to attend. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m. This event includes book sales, courtesy of the University Bookstores, and book signing by the author. 

About the author

Nicholas Meyer is the author of seven previous novels, including The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1974), a Doyle tale in which Sherlock Holmes met Sigmund Freud. The novel sold more than two million copies, stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 40 weeks, and won the British Gold Dagger award from the British Crime Writers’ Association.

Nicholas Meyer

Meyer made his directing debut in 1979 with a film he wrote, Time After Time, starring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen and David Warner. He went on to direct Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Other directing credits include Volunteers (Tom Hanks, 1986), The Deceivers (Pierce Brosnan, 1988), Company Business, (Gene Hackman, 1991), Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country (Christopher Plummer, 1992), and the HBO film, Vendetta (Christopher Walken, 1999).

His screenplays include Sommersby (Richard Gere and Jodie Foster, 1993) and contributions to Fatal Attraction (1987) and Dreamworks’ Prince of Egypt (1998). His other books include Target Practice, which was nominated for an Edgar Award, and four other Holmes novels, The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (2019), The West End Horror (also New York Times bestseller, 1976), The Canary Trainer (1993), and The Return of the Pharaoh, (2022). His autobiographical novel, Confessions of a Homing Pigeon, was published in 1981. Meyer’s memoir, The View From the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood, was published in 2009.

Born and raised in New York City, Nicholas Meyer was graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in theater and filmmaking. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

Event details

What: The Sherlock Holmes Collections hosts an evening with Nicholas Meyer
When: Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 | 6:30-8:45 p.m. | Doors open at 6:30 p.m. | Program begins at 7 p.m.
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library, room 120 | Parking and directions

This event is co-sponsored by the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and by the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections.