Autor/-in: A.D. O'Neill

A.D. O'Neill is the author of seven novels that altogether have been published in seventeen languages: Scheherazade (a revisionist Arabian Nights epic); The Lamplighter (a tale of the macabre set in 1886 Edinburgh); The Empire of Eternity (a history-mystery featuring Napoleon Bonaparte and the early years of archaeology); The Unscratchables (a Swiftian satire featuring anthropomorphic dog and cat detectives); The Dark Side (a lunar detective story); Dr Jekyll & Mr Seek (a sequel to Stevenson's classic tale); and The Devil Upstairs (a satanic mystery set in modernday Edinburgh). Three of his books have been optioned by Hollywood. He was born in Melbourne and lives in Edinburgh.