I write crime novels. My series set in Santa Barbara, California, features freelance journalist Evan Delaney. She’s quick on her feet and prone to trouble - brave but too much of a smartass for her own good.
The novels have been called “brilliant,” “fast paced, witty and brutal” and “nailbiting and moving” by publications such as the Independent on Sunday and the Guardian.
Stephen King calls them “simply put, the finest crime-suspense series I’ve come across in the last twenty years.”
My next novel features forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett. The Dirty Secrets Club is set in San Francisco and will be published in June 2008.
Writing is my third career. In earlier incarnations I practiced law in Los Angeles and taught writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. After living in California most of my life, several years ago I moved with my family to the UK. That’s when I wrote my first novel. China Lake was published by Hodder & Stoughton as a consequence, and now I write full time. It’s a job I’m immensely lucky to have. Meg Gardiner: lying for a living since 2002.
Main website: MegGardiner.com
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