British author Dennis Hamley is a prolific writer across a variety of genres; fiction as well as information books. Among his best known works are The hare trilogy (including Hare's choice); The war and Freddy (shortlisted for the Smarties Award); the Joslin de Lay Mysteries (described by Jan Mark as "…a juicily macabre series of page turners."); and, most recently, Ellen's people, a story of the first world war - published in England by Walker Books and soon to be published by Candlewick in the United States. Dennis has also edited a number of popular anthologies including An Oxford anthology of mystery stories.