Elly Griffiths is the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries; the Brighton Mysteries and several standalone thrillers. She has won the CWA Dagger in the Library and the Edgar Award; has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, and shortlisted six times for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year. Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband and their cat, Pip.