The Autistic Sleuth Kickstarter!
The Autistic Sleuth has just launched a Kickstarter campaign, where you can sign up to purchase digital, paperback, and hardcover copies of The Autistic Sleuth and my other books. Please take a look! There are twenty-eight days left.
As I did my research, I realized that there are a LOT of TV shows, movies, and filmed stage adaptations that address autism through mysteries, Here is a list of the productions being covered in the book:
Filmed Stage Productions
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012)
Death Note: The Musical (2015)
Movies
Death Note (2006)
Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006)
Death Note 3: L: Change the World (2008)
The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), The Girl who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009))
The Night Clerk (2020)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Television Series
24 (2001-2010)
24: Live Another Day (2014)
Astrid et Raphaëlle (also released as “Astrid” and “Bright Minds”) (2019– Present)
Bones (2005-2017)
The Bridge (2013-2014)
The Bridge (Bron/Broen) (2011-2018)
The Brief (2004-2005)
Chasing Shadows (2014)
Community (2009-2015)
Criminal Minds (2005-Present)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015)
Detective Sweet (2016)
Dexter (2006-2013)
Dexter: New Blood (2021-2022)
Doc Martin (2004-2022)
Elementary (2012-2019)
Elsbeth (2024-Present)
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022-Present)
Hannibal (2013-2015)
IQ 246: The Cases of a Royal Genius (2016)
King & Maxwell (2013)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–Present)
Law & Order: Trial By Jury (2005)
Miss Sherlock (2018)
Monk (2002–2009)
Mr. Mercedes (2017–2019)
Murdoch Mysteries (2008–Present)
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (2008)
The Outsider (2020)
Professor T (2019–Present)
Queens of Mystery (2019–Present)
Sherlock (2010-2017)
The Shield (2002-2008)
The Tunnel (2013-2018)
Also, here’s the table of contents for the book:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction – Autism, Crime Dramas, and Understanding
Chapter 1 – How Mysteries Taught Me How to Connect with Other People
Chapter 2 – A Collection of Potentially Autistic Fictional Sleuths
Chapter 3 – Autism: The Condition That Must Not Be Named
Chapter 4 – How Realistic is “Realism?”
Chapter 5 – Autism: Born or Made?
Chapter 6 – Wardrobe Functions
Chapter 7 – Visual Representations of Mental Processes and Observation
Chapter 8 – Love, Sex, and Autism
Chapter 9 – But You’ve Got to Have Friends
Chapter 10 – The Autistic Perpetrator
Chapter 11 – Looking Through an Autistic Lens
Conclusion – Personal Perspectives, Connections, and Suggestions for Improvement
Appendix: 12 Things to Know About Parishioners with Autism
Bibliography
Thank you!
–Chris Chan
Chris Chan’s second Funderburke and Kaiming novel, She Ruined Our Lives, was released on February 6th. His sequel to Sherlock’s Secretary, Nessie’s Nemesis, was published on September 3rd by MX Publishing. His novel Ghosting My Friend was released by Level Best Books on March 28th. His first novel, Sherlock’s Secretary, was released by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2. His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books. His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there). It is also available in a Kindle edition.
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