Wayne Worcester

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Wayne Worcester
Education University of New Hampshire, Columbia University
Occupation(s)Professor of journalismJournalist and magazine writer
Employer University of Connecticut
Known forTeaching, Sherlock Holmes novels, journalism
Notable workThe Monster of St. Marylebone, Sweet Rewards

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.

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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

Short stories

Non-fiction

References

  1. "Journalist Department | UConn: Wayne A. Worcester". Archived from the original on 2013-09-20.
  2. "Journalism Professor Turns Writing Skills to Sherlock Holmes Mystery". Advance - University of Connecticut. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. "Thirty-five Years Later, a Mafia Heist Still Intrigues". UConn Today. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  4. "Sleeping my life away". NBC News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2015.