Belanger Books is one of the world’s most prominent Sherlock Holmes publishers. Founded in 2015 on an ever-expanding library of anthologies and novels, our collections have received praise in I Hear of Sherlock and Amazon.com reviews.
Belanger Books is the proud publisher of August Derleth’s classic pulp detective Solar Pons. We are officially authorized by Arkham House to not only reprint all of the original stories, but to publish new adventures of this fan-favorite character.
We proudly support The Beacon Society, encouraging teachers, librarians, museum and children’s theatre directors to use Sherlock Holmes to educate and engage; and The Fisher House Foundation, helping military families stay together during medical crises.
Derrick Belanger, BSI (“The Board Schools”), PSI (“Albert, the Dove”) is an award-winning author, publisher, and educator most noted for his books and lectures on Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Derrick is co-owner of the publishing company Belanger Books, which published the first eBook editions of the original Solar Pons books by August Derleth.
Derrick’s work has been published in The Baker Street Journal, The Sherlock Holmes Journal, The Strand Magazine, and in The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year (2023).
Derrick is a board member of Dr. Watson’s Neglected Patients, the Denver-based Scion Society.
In January 2020, Mr. Belanger was awarded the Susan Z. Diamond Award in recognition of outstanding efforts to introduce young people to Sherlock Holmes, and in 2024, he won the Arthur Conan Doyle Society Doylean award in fiction for his short story, “The Joyce-Armstrong Confession.”
Derrick currently resides in Broomfield, Colorado.
Find him at www.belangerbooks.com and
https://www.amazon.com/author/derrickbelanger
Brian Belanger, PSI, is a publisher, editor, narrator, and graphic designer. In 2015 he co-founded Belanger Books publishing company along with his brother, author Derrick Belanger.
Brian edits a number of anthologies and novels through Belanger Books, including Sherlock Holmes Takes the Stage, Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson: Medical Mysteries, Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of HP Lovecraft, and A Tribute to H.G. Wells. His illustration works include The Essential Sherlock Holmes vols. 1-4, Sherlock Holmes: A Three-Pipe Christmas, The MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes Adventures series, Scones and Bones on Baker Street and several others. He designs all of the covers for Belanger Books releases. From 2016-2023 he designed the majority of book covers for MX Publishing. Brian created the logo for the Arthur Conan Doyle society and designed the Great Game of Sherlock Holmes card game.
In January 2026, Brian was named Fundraising Chair of The Beacon Society. He received his investiture in the Praed Street Irregulars in 2019 as “Sir Ronald Duveen.” Brian played Sherlock Holmes onstage in “Yes, Virginia, There is a Sherlock Holmes” and “Sherlock Holmes Goes West.” He narrated the audiobook editions of Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1881, Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk.
Brian is currently narrating all four volumes of Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives. He is a proud member of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society, The Beacon Society, The Bowery Ruffians, The Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers, Five Miles from Anywhere, The Monadnock Sherlockians, The Praed Street Irregulars and The 221st Southumberland Waffleers.
Find him online at belangerbooks.com
