Born and brought up in Dublin, Jane Casey studied English at Jesus College, Oxford, followed by an MPhil in Anglo-Irish Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. She was working as a children's books editor when her manuscript for her first book, The Missing, was discovered on her agent's slush pile. She was signed-up by Ebury Press shortly afterwards, and The Missing has since been published around the world. Jane is married to a criminal barrister and lives in south-west London.