Alan Bradley was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He worked as a radio and television engineer, designing and building electronic systems. He then worked briefly for Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto (now Ryerson University), before moving to Saskatoon to take a job at the University of Saskatchewan in 1969. There he helped develop a broadcasting studio, where he worked as Director of Television Engineering for 25 years. He took an early retirement from the university in 1994 in order to become a full-time writer. He is the creator of 'Flavia de Luce' an eleven-year-old sleuth in England in the 1950s. Visit also this site. |
Titles and year of publication:
1) The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Agatha Award) | 2009 |
2) The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag | 2010 |
3) A Red Herring Without Mustard | 2011 |
4) I Am Half-Sick of Shadows | 2011 |
5) Speaking from Among the Bones | 2013 |
6) The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches | 2014 |
7) The Curious case of the Copper Corpse (e-story) | 2014 |
8) As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust | 2015 |
9) Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd | 2016 |
10) The Grave's a Fine and Private Place | 2018 |
11) The Golden Tresses of the Dead | 2019 |
Omnibus Editions | |
1) The Buckshaw Chronicles Volume 1 (contains the first three Flavia de Luce novels) | 2012 |