Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction.

She is the author of two #1 New York Times bestselling novels, Into The Water and The Girl on The Train. An international #1 bestseller, The Girl on the Train has sold 23 million copies worldwide and has been adapted into a major motion picture. Into the Water was also a Sunday Times and New York Times #1 bestseller, selling 4 million copies worldwide. Her thriller, A Slow Fire Burning, was published on the 31st August 2021. Hawkins was born in Zimbabwe and now splits her time between London and Edinburgh.