The Sherlock Holmes Handbook
Ransom Riggshas coauthored several books of what he likes to call “pop nonfiction,” including the trivia-centric tomesScatterbrainedandThe Beginning of Everything.He’s a regular contributor to and blogger formental_flossmagazine, and when he’s not unearthing fascinating-but-obscure miscellany, he’s lying for a living as an award-winning filmmaker in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, Abbi. You can stalk him on the Web at www.ransomriggs.com