Samantha Downing

Samantha Downing currently lives in the Bay Area. Her debut novel, My Lovely Wife , was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and a Sunday Times bestseller, and has been published in thirty languages. It won a Dead Good Reader Award, and was shortlisted for four other major awards: The CWA John Creasey Dagger, The Edgar Award for Best First Novel, The ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and The Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. Her second novel, He Started It , was also a Sunday Times...See more

Samantha Downing currently lives in the Bay Area. Her debut novel, My Lovely Wife , was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and a Sunday Times bestseller, and has been published in thirty languages. It won a Dead Good Reader Award, and was shortlisted for four other major awards: The CWA John Creasey Dagger, The Edgar Award for Best First Novel, The ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and The Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. Her second novel, He Started It , was also a Sunday Times bestseller. She has also written For Your Own Good and A Twisted Love Story . See less