Alan Bradley, the Canadian author best known for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 87.
Born in Toronto in 1938, he was a mystery writer known for the Flavia de Luce series, which began with that novel. Bradley grew up in Cobourg with two older sisters and later worked as a radio and television engineer before taking positions in Toronto and at the University of Saskatchewan.
Alan Bradley, 87, Canadian author (The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie).