Claire McGowan

Claire is the author of over 20 novels, mostly in crime fiction where she's had two no.1 Kindle bestsellers, and sold almost 2 million copies of her books, with publication in over 20 countries. Her books include What She Did, The Other Wife and Are You Awake. She grew up in Northern Ireland and now lives in London, and also spent six months in LA on a comedy screenwriting fellowship, at Nickelodeon.

She has written several radio dramas and had four original TV scripts optioned by production companies, as well as several books in development for TV. She was selected for the Northern Ireland Screen New Writer Focus scheme, and has also won the Stellify Media prize and been a finalist in RTE Storyland and several BBC schemes. She recently took part in the writers' room for a major TV series. 

Books by Claire McGowan

  • Truth, Truth Lie (Thomas & Mercer)

  • Let Me In (Thomas & Mercer)

  • Jane Eyre on Social Media (with Sarah Day - Hodder & Stoughton)

  • Are You Awake (Thomas & Mercer)

  • I Know You / The Vanishing Triangle (Thomas & Mercer)

  • Pride and Prejudice on Social Media (with Sarah Day - Hodder & Stoughton)

  • You Are Here (Sphere Little Brown)

  • The Push (Thomas & Mercer)

  • The Heartbreak Club (Sphere Little Brown)

  • What You Did / The Other Wife (Thomas & Mercer)

  • The Man I Can’t Forget (Sphere Little Brown)

  • The Lives We Touch (Sphere Little Brown)

  • The Killing House (Headline)

  • How To Be Happy (Sphere Little Brown)

  • Blood Tide (Headline)

  • A Savage Hunter (Headline)

  • The Ex Factor (Harlequin)

  • The Silent Dead (Headline)

  • The Thirty List (Harlequin)

  • The Dead Ground (Headline)

  • The Lost (Headline)

  • The Fall (Headline)