S. J. Bolton was born in Lancashire. She lives near Oxford with her husband and young son, and is currently working on her next thriller.
Assured and original. Sacrifice was good: Awakening is even better -- SIMON BECKETT An original and atmospheric chiller * Daily Mail * A tour de force - totally grips from beginning to end -- JENNI MURRAY This book writhes and glides and slithers its way into the readers psyche...[Bolton] knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story * Guardian * Bolton has elevated herself to the High Priestess of English Rural Gothic. If she carries on like this she will have worshippers in their millions * The Times *