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Alan Bradley

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With an education in electronic engineering, Alan worked at numerous radio and television stations in Ontario, and at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, before becoming Director of Television Engineering in the media centre at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, where he remained for 25 years before taking early retirement to write in 1994.

He became the first President of the Saskatoon Writers, and a founding member of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild. His children's stories were published in The Canadian Children's Annual, and his short story, Meet Miss Mullen, was the first recipient of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild Award for Children's Literature.

For a number of years, he regularly taught Script Writing and Television Production courses at the University of Saskatchewan at both beginner and advanced levels.

His fiction has been published in literary journals and he has given many public readings in schools and galleries. His short stories have been broadcast by CBC Radio.

He was a founding member of The Casebook of Saskatoon, a society devoted to the study of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlockian writings. Here, he met the late Dr. William A.S. Sarjeant, with whom he collaborated on their classic book, Ms Holmes of Baker Street. This work put forth the startling theory that the Great Detective was a woman, and was greeted upon publication with what has been described as "a firestorm of controversy".

The release of Ms. Holmes resulted in national media coverage, with the authors embarking upon an extensive series of interviews, radio and television appearances, and a public debate at Toronto's Harbourfront. His lifestyle and humorous pieces have appeared in The Globe and Mail and The National Post.

His book The Shoebox Bible has been compared with Tuesdays With Morrie and Mr. God, This is Anna.

In July of 2007 he won the Debut Dagger Award of the Crimewriter's Association for his novel The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, the first of a series featuring eleven year old Flavia de Luce, which has since won the 2009 Agatha Award for Best First Novel,the 2010 Dilys Award,the Spotted Owl Award, and the 2010 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie has also been nominated for the Macavity, the Barry, and the Arthur Awards.

Alan Bradley lives in Malta with his wife Shirley and two calculating cats.

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Alan Bradley

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Books from Alan Bradley

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

A Red Herring Without Mustard

Speaking from Among the Bones

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

The Grave's a Fine and Private Place

The Golden Tresses of the Dead

Flavia de Luce 3-Book Bundle: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce, #1-3)

La scuola in giallo

The Flavia de Luce Series 5-Book Bundle (Flavia de Luce, #1-5)

Hardcore Gaming 101 Digest Vol. 3: The Guide to Retro Horror

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce, #8)

What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse (Flavia de Luce, #6.5)

The Flavia de Luce Series (Flavia de Luce #1-7)

Hardcore Gaming 101 Digest Vol. 4: Star Fox and F-Zero

Mord ist kein Kinderspiel (Flavia de Luce, #2)

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Alan Bradley

Alan Bradley

Books from Alan Bradley

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

A Red Herring Without Mustard

Speaking from Among the Bones

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

The Grave's a Fine and Private Place

The Golden Tresses of the Dead

Flavia de Luce 3-Book Bundle: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman&apos;s Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce, #1-3)

La scuola in giallo

The Flavia de Luce Series 5-Book Bundle (Flavia de Luce, #1-5)

Hardcore Gaming 101 Digest Vol. 3: The Guide to Retro Horror

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew&apos;d (Flavia de Luce, #8)

What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse (Flavia de Luce, #6.5)

The Flavia de Luce Series (Flavia de Luce #1-7)

Hardcore Gaming 101 Digest Vol. 4: Star Fox and F-Zero

Mord ist kein Kinderspiel (Flavia de Luce, #2)

Flavia de Luce 3-Book Bundle: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce, #1-3)

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce, #8)