Jonathan Stroud is the author of two internationally bestselling series: the award-winning Bartimaeus sequence, which has been published in thirty-six languages worldwide, and the critically acclaimed Lockwood & Co, which was recently adapted by Netflix. His stand-alone titles include Heroes of the Valley, The Last Siege, The Leap, and Buried Fire. Jonathan lives near London with his wife and three children.
""Even within the pressure of action, description, and bringing many threads together, Stroud’s vivacity of phrasing has lost none of its verve."" —The Horn Book