Bradley, Alan

Alan Bradley writes the Flavia de Luce Series which started in 2009 and takes place in England. It features eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce. The year is 1950 and Flavia de Luce along with her eccentric family live in a decaying mansion. Flavia has a passion for chemistry-- the only family member that visits the mansion's abandoned Victorian chemistry laboratory. The first novel in this series, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie won the following awards: Winner of the 2009 Agatha Award for Best First Novel Winner of the 2010 Barry Award for Best First Novel Winner of the 2010 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Alan Bradley is the internationally bestselling author of many short stories, children’s stories, newspaper columns, and the memoir The Shoebox Bible.