Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin. A former editor, she has written fourteen crime novels for adults and three for teenagers. Her books have been international bestsellers, critically acclaimed for their realism and accuracy. The Maeve Kerrigan series has been nominated for many awards: in 2015 Jane won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for The Stranger You Knowand Irish Crime Novel of the Year for After the Fire. In 2019, Cruel Actswas chosen as Irish Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. It was a Sunday Times bestseller.The Killing Kind was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick in 2021, and has been adapted for television by Eleventh Hour and Paramount+, releasing September 2023.The Closehas been shortlisted for the E-Dunnit award at the 2024 CrimeFest Awards. Her most recent novel,A Stranger in the Family, spent 6 weeks on theIrish Timesbestseller list and was named one ofTimes10 Best Crime & Thrillers of 2024. It won Crime Fiction Book of the Year and was shortlisted for overall Book of the Year at the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards.

Jane lives in southwest London with her husband, who is a criminal barrister, and their two children. 

Awards and Accolades

·         Winner of the Edgar Award's Mary Higgins Clark Award 2015 forThe Stranger You Know

·         Winner of the Irish Book Awards Crime Fiction Book of the Year Award forAfter The Fire, Cruel ActsandA Stranger In The Family

·         Winner of the Best Debut Fiction category at the Crimezone Thriller Awards 2011 forThe Missing

·         Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Book of the Year in 2024 forA Stranger In The Family

·         Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Crime Fiction Book of the Year  in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021 and 2023  forThe Missing, The Reckoning, The Stranger You Know, The Kill, Let The Dead Speak, The Killing Kindand The Close

·         Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016 Short Story Award forGreen, Amber, Red

·         Shortlisted for the Edgar Award's Mary Higgins Clark Award 2013 forThe Reckoning

·         Shortlisted for the Dead Good Reader Awards 2017 in the Best Police Procedural category forLet The Dead Speak

·         Shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award in 2020

·         Longlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award 2013

·         Longlisted for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2020 forCruel Acts,2021 forThe Cutting Place,2024forThe Closeand 2025 forA Stranger in the Family

Select Praise for Jane Casey

'With every breath in my body, I'm BEGGING you to read Jane Casey's books! The plot! The characterisation! The sexual chemistry! Delivers on every level! I LOVED it!' Marian Keyes

‘Deliciously bingeable.’Ruth Ware

‘Jane Casey is the crime writers’ crime writer.’Red

‘With a searching, mordant, sensitive, occasionally outraged eye for social status and human error, a fearless heart and a finely honed sense of the ridiculous, Maeve Kerrigan is such a winning character. It is a testament to Jane Casey’s great subtlety and skill as a novelist that she makes us care quite so much about her.’ Irish Times

‘Jane Casey is an absolute A1, copper-bottomed GENIUS.’Lucy Mangan