Philip Kerr is the author of seventeen previous novels, but perhaps most importantly, the four featuring Bernie Gunther—The One from the Other and the Berlin Noir trilogy (March Violets, The Pale Criminal, and A German Requiem). He also wrote the cult classic A Philosophical Investigation and five bestselling children’s books (as P. B. Kerr). Kerr was chosen early in his career as one of Granta magazine’s Best Young British Novelists and was hailed by Salman Rushdie as “a brilliantly innovative thriller-writer.” Born in Edinburgh, he now lives in London and Cornwall with his family.