Writer’s Ink: Christian Klaver
Christian Klaver has been selling SF/F short fiction since the early 80s. Some of his recent work includes several Supernatural Case Files of Sherlock Holmes, and the fantasy novel Shadows Over London [Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy]. He lives in Dearborn, Michigan, with his wife and daughter and a group of animals affectionately known as “The Menagerie.”
Klaver’s tattoo is one of three dragons he wears, and apparently began a bit of a family tradition. In his words:
I got this tattoo on my 30th birthday. (I have a smaller version on my chest.) My daughter liked the dragon so much she ended getting her own version for her eighteenth birthday. She liked *that* one so much she wanted another one for her 21st, and talked both me and my wife into a family tattoo party, which is why I now have a much larger version on my back.
Am now kicking myself for not asking to see the back tattoo. I mean, just because we were in the middle of a restaurant at the time…
Ilana Waters
August 18, 2014 @ 2:37 pm
Hey, thanks for posting this! I’ve actually been dying to get my hands on some fantasy-oriented Sherlock Holmes. Was always so disappointed the magical explanation never turned out to be the correct one. Unfortunately, I can do nothing about the tattoo. I’m afraid Mr. Klaver’s on his own for that. 😉
Eric Juneau
August 24, 2014 @ 2:33 pm
Is this part of a series? I would love to see more articles about writers and the stories behind their tattoos.
Jim C. Hines
August 24, 2014 @ 3:15 pm
A short (so far) series, yes. http://www.jimchines.com/tag/writers-ink/ has the posts I’ve done thus far.