Born in France to American parents, Katia Lief moved to the United States as a baby and was raised in Massachusetts and New York. She teaches fiction writing as a part-time faculty member at the New school in Manhattan and lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two children, two cats, and several fish.
The ultimate race-against-the-clock thriller * Lisa Gardner * tightly plotted thriller . . . finely drawn characterisations and taut, clean storytelling make this an enjoyable read * Publishers Weekly * Five Days to Die has it all: an attractive female detective, a crusty FBI profiler, and the scariest killer you'll never want to meet * Leslie Glass * Katia Lief has an amazing eye for detail . . . clever and realistic – a gripping, poignant portrayal of an innocent family caught in a nightmare of evil * Anne Frasier * I put Five Days to Die aside only once . . . to make sure my doors were locked * Barbara Parker *