Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

<b>Maureen Johnson</b> is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of many young adult novels, including the very murderous Shades of London series and the Stevie Bell mysteries: <i>Truly Devious</i>, <i>The Vanishing Stair</i>, <i>The Hand on the Wall</i>, and <i>The Box in the Woods</i>. She has also done collaborative works, such as <i>Let It Snow</i> with John Green and Lauren Myracle (now a movie on Netflix), and several books in the Shadowhunter universe with Cassandra Clare. Her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. For safety's sake, she lives in New York City; the vicar cannot reach her there.<br /> <br /> <b>Jay Cooper</b>'s books don't normally include grisly murders, nefarious deeds, or corpses of any kind. He has written and/or illustrated more than twenty books for kids, including <i>The Spy Next Door</i>, <i>The Pepper Party</i>, and the Bots series, and has contributed work to the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling series The Last Kids on Earth. Currently he is illustrating a graphic novel entitled <i>Super Atomic Wombat Girl</i>. He's also a graphic designer of theatrical advertising, and has worked on more than a hundred Broadway musicals and plays (which have heaps of deaths).