Alan Bradley

Alan Bradley was born in 1938 and grew up in the Canadian province of Ontario. Before turning to writing, he worked as an electrical engineer and served as director of television engineering at the University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for New Media in Saskatoon. In 1994, he retired from professional life to devote himself fully to writing. His first novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, is the opening volume in the series featuring the detective Flavia de Luce.