Michael Robotham is a former feature writer and investigative reporter, who has worked in Britain, Australia, and America. His debut thriller, The Suspect, introduced clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin and sold over one million copies worldwide, launching a nine-book series. It has been adapted into an ITV series starring Aidan Turner. Michael's standalone thriller The Secrets She Keeps has also been the basis of two BBC TV series.

He has twice won the prestigious UK Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel and the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for When She Was Good, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick. Michael lives in Sydney.