Laura Shepherd-Robinson worked in politics for nearly twenty years before re-entering normal life to complete an MA in creative writing. Her debut novel, Blood & Sugar, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and won the Historical Writers' Association Debut Crown and the CrimeFest/Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award. Her second novel, Daughters of Night, was shortlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Award, the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award and the HWA Gold Crown. Her third novel, The Square of Sevens, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and a USA Today bestseller and featured on BBC Two's Between the Covers. The Art of a Lie is her fourth novel and was also an instant Sunday Times bestseller. She lives in London with her husband, Adrian.