Carol Lee is the author of eight previous books, including To Die For, a top ten bestseller, and Crooked Angels. Born in Wales, Carol spent much of her childhood in East Africa before returning to the UK to begin an early career in journalism. Working in national newspapers, radio and television, she has been a reporter for the BBC, and a contributor to the Observer, the Guardian, the Independent, the Sunday Times and the Evening Standard. Her play, Feet First, was performed at the King's Head Theatre, Islington, not far from her London home.