Chris Steinbrunner

Peter Christian Steinbrunner (1934 – 7 July 1993) was an Edgar Award-winning American author, broadcaster and historian specializing in detective film and fiction.^[1][2]

Steinbrunner grew up in Queens, New York, and attended Fordham University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters degree in sociology.^[1] While at Fordham, and for some years afterward, he was the host of a weekly radio program broadcast from the university station WFUV-FM, on which he presented interviews as well as occasional dramatitizations of Sherlock Holmes stories.^[3][4]

Following his college years, he was employed at the local New York City television station WOR-TV (later WWOR), becoming its film programming director.^[1][2] He remained at the station until the mid-1980s, during which time he produced entertainment specials about James Bond and Sherlock Holmes.^[3]

Steinbrunner was well-known among Holmes aficionados, and mystery fans in general, as exceptionally knowledgeable in his field. He was a founding member of the Baker Street Irregulars’ scion society "The Priory Scholars of Fordham".^[5][6] He was a long-time member of the Mystery Writers of America, receiving its Edgar Award for co-authoring the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection in 1976.^[1][2]

Amongst Steinbrunner's written works were the program notes to the American Film Institute's festival "Sherlock Holmes on the Screen", presented in Washington, D.C., in 1972.^[7]

Bibliography

• Karlson, Katherine. "Stand with me here upon the terrace," The Serpentine Muse, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Summer 1993), pp. 7-8. Chris Steinbrunner tribute article.
• Steinbrunner, Chris (with Penzler, Otto; Shibuk, Charles; Lachman, Marvin; and Nevins Jr, Francis M.). Detectionary. Overlook Press, 1977. ISBN 0879510412
• Steinbrunner, Chris (with Goldblatt, Burt). Cinema of the Fantastic. Galahad Books, 1974. ISBN 0883652560
• Steinbrunner, Chris; editor (with Penzler, Otto). Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection. McGraw-Hill, 1976. ISBN 0070611211
• Steinbrunner, Chris (with Michaels, Norman). The Films of Sherlock Holmes. Citadel Press, 1978. ISBN 0806505990

External links

• [2] New York Times obituary, 10 July 1993
• [3] Variety obituary, 12 July 1993
• Tribute at Fordham University alumni website

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Steinbrunner obituary, The New York Times, 10 July 1993
2. ^ ^{a b c} Steinbrunner obituary, Variety, 12 July 1993
3. ^ ^{a b} Fordham University alumni website
4. ^ Meskys, Ed. "A View From Entropy Hall," issue #8
5. ^ "Priory Scholars" activity at Jeremy Brett dedication site
6. ^ "Three Garridebs" BSI scion history site
7. ^ [1] University of Minnesota Library special collections

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Name	Steinbrunner, Chris
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Date of birth	1934
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Date of death	7 July 1993
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