Tony Thompson
is the Australia based, Canadian author of Summer of Monsters, a novel about the early life of Mary Shelley. He has also written Shakespeare: The Most Famous Man in London, a lively study of the Bard's time in the big city, and Vampires: The Unhistory of the Undead, a tasty take on the history of these creatures. His blog, Architecture Boogie (written under the pen name, Sturdee Roe) features reviews of books on music.