Headstrong Girl Makes Good

I’m surprised it has taken so long to make a movie based on Bradley’s Flavia de Luce series. This comes from In Reference to Murder:

The upcoming feature film, Flavia, based on the books by Alan Bradley, has started principal photography and released a first-look image. The project features Sherlock star Martin Freeman opposite Molly Belle Wright (Deep Water) as the precocious 11-year-old detective, Flavia, Toby Jones (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny), Karan Gill (The Decameron), Annette Badland (Ted Lasso), and Jonathan Pryce (Slow Horses) also star.

The storyline is set in motion when Flavia finds a dead body at her decaying British manor house and her father is accused of the murder. Flavia dives into her own wild and fearless investigation, unearthing long-held family secrets and pitting herself against the true killer.

This picture has been adapted by writer Susan Coyne from Bradley’s debut mystery, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009).

Bradley Bags an Owl

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley, has won this year’s Spotted Owl Award, presented by the Portland, Oregon-based Friends of Mystery organization.

Runners-up for the commendation were: Mike Lawson for House Secrets; Robert Dugoni for Wrongful Death; Stan Jones for Village of the Ghost Bears; Chelsea Cain for Evil at Heart; Phillip Margolin for Fugitive; Steve Martini for Guardian of Lies; Aaron Elkins for Skull Duggery; Dana Stabenow for Whisper to the Blood; and Clyde Ford for Whiskey Gulf. (Hat tip to The Gumshoe Site.)