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Meet bestselling author of the Flavia de Luce mystery series, Alan Bradley, via SCLSNJ's first ever transatlantic web-based author event.
Mycentraljersey.com will be giving out $500 in Barnes & Noble gift certificates. Light refreshments will be served.
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The first book of Bradley's Flavia de Luce series, “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” won the 2007 Debut Dagger Award of the Crime Writers Association in the UK; the 2009 Agatha Award for Best First Novel; the 2010 Dilys, awarded by the International Mystery Booksellers Association; the Spotted Owl Award, given by the Friends of Mystery, and the 2010 Arthur Ellis Award, given by the Crime Writers of Canada for Best First Novel. “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” has also been nominated for an Anthony Award, a Barry Award, and a Macavity Award. Besides appearing on the New York Times bestsellers list as a Favorite Mystery of 2009, “Sweetness” was also, among other honours, an American Library Association nominee as Best Book For Young Adults; a Barnes and Noble Bestseller, and was named to the 2009 Bloomer List. The audiobook version of “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” was voted Best AudioBook by iTunes.
All six of the Flavia de Luce books published to date have been New York Times bestsellers, and are presently published in thirty-nine countries and thirty-six languages and the series has been optioned for television by the Academy Award-winning producer/director Sam Mendes, of “Skyfall” and “American Beauty” fame.
> Explore the SCLSNJ catalog to learn more about Bradley's bestselling books.
AGE GROUP: | Tweens | Teens | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Reading & Writing | Book Discussion |
TAGS: | Bradley | Alan Bradley |