Claire Douglas has worked as a journalist for fifteen years, writing features for women's magazines and national newspapers, but she's dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award, with her first novel, The Sisters, which was followed by Local Girl Missing, Last Seen Alive, Do Not Disturb, Then She Vanishes and Just Like the Other Girls and the Kindle number 1 bestseller The Couple at No 9. Her latest novel. The Girls Who Disappeared, was a Sunday Times number one bestseller and she has sold over 1 million copies of her books.
She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.