ALAN BRADLEY was born in Toronto and grew up in Cobourg, Ontario. He coauthored Ms. Holmes of Baker Street, to great acclaim and much controversy, followed by The Shoebox Bible. Now he is the internationally bestselling author of The Flavia de Luce mystery series which includes The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, A Red Herring without Mustard, I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Speaking from Among the Bones and The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, and As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust.