Elizabeth Eulberg Brings The Great Shelby Holmes to Hicklebee's

Got to cross an item off my author bucket list: signing the wall/pipe at @Hicklebees! pic.twitter.com/ENXdDZzNs0

— Elizabeth Eulberg (@ElizEulberg) September 13, 2016

#TheGreatShelbyHolmes | September 12th, 2016

The Great Elizabeth Eulberg visited Hicklebee's to share her middle grade debut, The Great Shelby Holmes.  

On Monday, September 12th, Elizabeth Eulberg walked into Hicklebee’s with a bright “Hello!” and a bowl of chocolate for all of us to share. “It’s because my main character, Shelby Holmes, is addicted to sugar,” she explained as the members of TAB quickly snatched up the candy. Despite the tiredness that usually sets in on Monday evenings, Elizabeth was perky, bright, and excited to share her middle-grade debut: The Great Shelby Holmes.

After exploring the store and getting to know the TAB members (she even had a lively discussion about The Cursed Child with a few of us), Elizabeth settled down at the scratched, wooden desk at the front of the store as TAB did what we do best: a hilarious, edge-of-your-seat speed read. The audience called out page numbers and TAB members read out loud whichever sentences they found in books written by Elizabeth.

After this, Elizabeth dove right into telling us all she could about The Great Shelby Holmes, which is a modern- day retelling of Sherlock Holmes that takes place in Harlem, New York. As a resident of New York, Elizabeth had convenient access to exploring Harlem in order to bring this fresh take on an old favorite to life. One of her favorite experiences was trying a gigantic cookie from a bakery that makes an appearance in her book; indeed, research can be fun!

But aside from exploring the colorful streets of Harlem and tasting mouthwatering sweets, Elizabeth also put a lot of serious research into the book. She watched other adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories in order to better develop her own adaptation. A story that stuck out was how she spent hours and hours combing the internet for very specific information...information that was written into a single paragraph of the book! She expressed admiration for the writers of BBC Sherlock, saying that if it takes so much time to do research for a single paragraph, imagine how long it takes for the writers to plot a single episode!

Elizabeth also talked about other projects she’s working on. So far, she’s planned two more books in the Shelby Holmes series (the second book involves infiltrating a school named after Irene Adler and the appearance of everyone’s favorite Sherlock villain). She also has a new young adult book coming out next March called Just Another Girl, and based on what Elizabeth’s shared with us so far, the book is going to be amazing!

After making us laugh and awe, Elizabeth met with fans young and old, signing books and shirts, and eventually, the walls of Hicklebee’s itself. TAB had such a fun time hosting Elizabeth Eulberg, and we hope to have her back sometime!

Here are a few of the highlights of the evening, including a video from TAB member, Katie! As always, we have signed books available to purchase or ship.

Elizabeth Eulberg with TAB at the event tonight. #shelbyholmes #elizabetheulberg #hicklebeestab #tabevent

A photo posted by Where Books Come Alive (@hicklebees) on Sep 12, 2016 at 9:20pm PDT

@ElizEulberg @Hicklebees #thewall LOVED THE EVENT LOVED MEETING YOU AND DISCUSSING!! CANT WAIT TO READ YOUR BOOK❤️ pic.twitter.com/6FeaC7lEpx

— av (@anjini0) September 13, 2016

*Thank you to TAB Member, Catherine Owen, for the recap!

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Elizabeth Eulberg Presents The Great Shelby Holmes - Sept. 12th at 7pm

Come to Hicklebee’s Monday September 12th at 7 pm to meet Elizabeth Eulberg!

The author of books such as The Lonely Hearts Club, Prom and Prejudice, Take a Bow, Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality, and Better Off Friends, will be coming to Hicklebee’s today.

Eulberg was born and raised in a small town in Wisconsin, where she was passionate about traveling, music, and reading - three things that she still loves.
She went to Syracuse University to study public relations at the Newhouse School of Public Communications. She got a job at an entertainment PR firm, but she got what she describes as a “fateful call” that resulted in her becoming a publicist. Thinking about the books she enjoyed as a teen, “books that were fun,” eventually resulted in “The Lonely Hearts Club” in 2009. In 2011, she started to write full-time.

She will be coming to Hicklebee's for her middle grade debut - The Great Shelby Holmes.

One of Eulberg's first experiences with Arthur Conan Doyle's famous character was when she was cast in the choir of a Sherlock Holmes play in which her brother played the title role. After watching the RDJ movies and the Benedict Cumberbatch BBC show, she had the wonderful idea to write about a girl detective based on Sherlock. After lots of research (including reading the original Sherlock Holmes stories, watching TV and movie adaptations of the detective, and talking to people who live on army bases), Eulberg has just released - on September 6th - the first of three books starring Shelby Holmes and John Watson. 

Meet spunky sleuth Shelby and her sports-loving sidekick Watson as they take on a dog-napper in this fresh twist on Sherlock Holmes.
Shelby Holmes is not your average sixth grader. She’s nine years old, barely four feet tall, and the best detective her Harlem neighborhood has ever seen—always using logic and a bit of pluck (which yes, some might call “bossiness”) to solve the toughest crimes.
When eleven-year-old John Watson moves downstairs, Shelby finds something that’s eluded her up till now: a friend. Easy-going John isn’t sure of what to make of Shelby, but he soon finds himself her most-trusted (read: only) partner in a dog-napping case that'll take both their talents to crack.

Check out her website for more about her: http://www.elizabetheulberg.com

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