THOMAS HARDING is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than sixteen languages. He is the author of Hanns and Rudolf, which won the JQ-Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction; The House by the Lake, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, and which was adapted into a picture book; and Blood on the Page, which won the Crime Writers' Association Golden Dagger Award for Non-Fiction. Thomas lives in Hampshire, England.