Tana French

Tana French is an Irish writer and theatrical actress who lives in Dublin. She is best known for the Dublin Murder Squad series, which began with In the Woods, a psychological mystery that won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and Barry awards for best first novel. The series continues through The Likeness, Faithful Place, Broken Harbour and The Secret Place, and French has also written the separate novels The Searcher and The Witch Elm. The Independent has called her the First Lady of Irish Crime.