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; Blood on the Page, which won the Crime Writers' Association ?Golden Dagger Award? for nonfiction; and most recently, White Debt, which the Guardian described as ?striking [and] full of details that will send a chill down your spine.? Thomas lives in Florence, Italy.