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'''Michael Kurland''' is a writer of [[Speculative Fiction]] and [[Mystery Fiction]]. Michael Kurland is also a character in the [[Hugo Award|Hugo]]-nominated science fiction novel, ''[[The Butterfly Kid]]'', by Chester Anderson (which also starred Anderson), and its sequel, ''The Unicorn Girl'', by...Michael Kurland (which introduced the character of Tom "T.A." Waters, who wrote the third book in the series).
Kurland has also written two novels in the ''[[Lord Darcy]]'' series, and a variety of other SF, and the ''Professor Moriarty'' series featuring the ''[[Sherlock Holmes (novel)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' villain as an [[Anti-Hero]]. The first of the Moriarty novels, ''The Infernal Device'', was nominated for an Edgar award.
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* [[Alternate Universe]]: ''The Unicorn Girl'' features quite a bit of world-hopping, as does ''The Whenabouts of Burr''.
* [[Amnesiac Liar]]: In the Moriarty novel, ''The Empress of India'', {{spoiler|[[Sherlock Holmes]]}} manages to do it to himself. He has a secret identity as {{spoiler|a criminal, as a way of keeping an eye on the criminal underworld}}. When he suffers a [[Tap on the Head]] and wakes up in this lair, he deduces that this is his true identity, and proceeds to become {{spoiler|a successful criminal.}}
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