Author Biography
ALAN CUMMING is an award-winning stage and film actor, activist, bestselling author, singer, director, and producer, and has also designed some wallpaper. On Broadway he has appeared in The Threepenny Opera, as the master of ceremonies in Cabaret (for which he won a Tony Award), Design for Living, and a one-man adaptation of Macbeth. His best-known film roles include his performances in Emma, GoldenEye, the Spy Kids trilogy, and X2: X-Men United. Cumming also introduces Masterpiece Mystery! for PBS and appeared on The Good Wife, for which he has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Satellite Award. Visit him on the Web at alancumming.com. GRANT SHAFFER is an artist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and Interview magazine, among others. He is the illustrator of Three Magic Balloons by Julianna Margulies and her father, Paul Margulies. He lives in Manhattan with his husband.
