Thierry Martens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thierry Martens

Belgian writer

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1942

Place of Birth: Leuven, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 27-Jun-2011

Profession: journalist, comics writer, science fiction writer

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Thierry Martens (29 January 1942 – 27 June 2011) was a Belgian author who wrote under the pen name Yves Varende, writer of science fiction and detective novels, short stories and comics.
Between 1968 and 1977, he was editor of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou.
He published several highly documented anthologies and studies about popular "Holmesian-style" French-language crime novels of the early twentieth century.
He also authored some dark Holmesian pastiches in French as well as super-science novels