Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries have sold over two million copies in North America.
Donna Leon has been named one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers of all time by both Time and the Times of London.
Originally published by Penguin in 2009, A Sea of Troubles has sold over 40,000 copies in the United States.
This is the 10th novel in Leon's bestselling series.
Leon's recent Brunetti novels have all debuted in the top 10 on the New York Times Bestseller List. Leon's latest, The Waters of Eternal Youth, reached #10. Her previous book, Falling in Love, debuted at #5 in hardcover fiction, her highest debut ever. By Its Cover and The Golden Egg, Leon's 22nd and 23rd Brunetti novels, both reached #7.
Leon recently finished touring the US in support of The Waters of Eternal Youth, the first time she has toured in seven years.
Leon has fans everywhere; both Hillary Clinton and R.L. Stine have named her as a favorite
writer in the New York Times Book Review's "By the Book" section.