Elly Griffiths was born in London. She worked in publishing before becoming a full-time writer. Her bestselling series of Dr Ruth Galloway novels, featuring a forensic archaeologist, are set in Norfolk. The series has won the CWA Dagger in the Library, and has been shortlisted three times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her Brighton-based mystery series is set in the 1950s and 1960s. Elly has also written a standalone mystery, The Stranger Diaries, which was a Richard & Judy bestseller and won America's most coveted accolade for crime fiction, the Edgar Award. Elly lives near Brighton with her husband, an archaeologist, and their cat, Gus.
Luckily for us, Elly Griffiths has perfected the formula that combines an intriguing mystery with emotional conflict. Her sense of place and sense of humour remain undimmed. Galloway now seems as real as Marple and Morse * The Times * The latest in the much-loved Ruth Galloway series ... As ever, the drama that is Ruth's domestic life interacts satisfyingly with an intricately wrought mystery * Mail on Sunday * A book to keep you on your toes and wont more. An excellent writer who never takes her readers for granted * NB Magazine * Galloway is an excellent character * Literary Review * A compelling plot and the complex relationship between Galloway and Nelson will keep you on your toes * Woman's Weekly * Descriptions of the Norfolk landscape are beautiful and desolate * Socialist Worker * Set in divine north Norfolk ... intensely atmospheric and great. I envy people who haven't come across them yet * India Knight Sunday Times * Set in divine north Norfolk ... intensely atmospheric and great. I envy people who haven't come across them yet * India Knight Sunday Times *