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Alan Bradley

アラン・ブラッドリー

Aran Buraddorī

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938 （Toronto, Ontario, Canada）
Nationality
カナダ, Canadian
Languages
英語, English
Residence History
Cobourg → Saskatoon → Kelowna, British Columbia

Career

Occupations
Writer, radio and television engineer, Director of Television Engineering
Active Years
1994-2024
Affiliations
University of Saskatchewan

Awards

Debut Dagger
2007
Work: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (synopsis)
Category: debut fiction
Organization: Crime Writers' Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

2009 Mystery

Set in 1950s England, 11-year-old Flavia de Luce solves a murder mystery.

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Adaptations
  • [Film] Flavia (2023)

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

2010 Mystery

Flavia investigates the murder of a puppeteer.

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A Red Herring Without Mustard

2011 Mystery

Flavia pursues the killer of a fortune teller.

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Bibliography

  • Ms. Holmes of Baker Street
  • The Shoebox Bible
  • 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
  • The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
  • The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
  • As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
  • Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
  • The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
  • The Golden Tresses of the Dead
  • What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust

Style & Themes

Literary Style
humoroussatiricaldetailed descriptions
Recurring Motifs
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Health

  • sickly
    幼少期
    Spent a lot of time in bed, learned to read early.

Legacy

Canadian mystery writer successful internationally with the Flavia de Luce series, noted for debuting and winning award at age 69.

In Popular Culture

  • Flavia de Luce series to be adapted into film.

Trivia

  • Won Debut Dagger at age 69.
  • Read in the local cemetery as a teen.
  • Set stories in 1950s England without ever visiting.