Frank Tallis is a writer and clinical psychologist. In 1999 he received a Writers' Award from the Arts Council and in 2000 he won the New London Writers' Award. i>Mortal Mischief /i>was shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award in 2005 and for the prestigious Quais du Polar award in France, 2007. i>Vienna Blood /i>was published in 2006 and i>Fatal Lies /i>in 2007, both to great acclaim. Titles in the Liebermann series have been translated into fourteen languages.