Dr. Watson be known as a 'Watson'." Dr Watson's first name is mentioned on only four occasions. Part one of the very first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet", is subtitled "Being a reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department". The preface of the collection "His Last Bow" is signed 'John H. Watson, M.D', and in "The Problem of Thor Bridge", Watson says that his dispatch box is labelled 'John H. Watson, M.D'. His wife Mary Watson appears to refer to him as 'James' in "The Man with the Twisted Lip"; Dorothy L.
S. J. Watson S. J. Watson Steve "S. J." Watson (born 1971) is an English writer. He debuted in 2011 with the thriller novel "Before I Go to Sleep". Rights to publish the book have been sold in 42 different countries around the world and it has gone on to be an international bestseller. Watson was born in Stourbridge, in the West Midlands. He studied Physics at the University of Birmingham and then moved to London, where he worked in various hospitals and specialized as an audiologist in the diagnosis and treatment of hearing-impaired children. In the evenings and weekends he wrote fiction.