C. J. Tudor is the author of THE BURNING GIRLS, THE OTHER PEOPLE, THE HIDING PLACE and THE CHALK MAN, which won the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel and the Strand Magazine Award for Best Debut Novel.

In her November 2022 short story collection, SLIVER OF DARKNESS, she pulls us even further into her dizzying imagination. In “The Lion at the Gate,” a strange piece of graffiti leads to a terrifying encounter for four school friends. In “Final Course,” the world has descended into darkness, but a group of old friends make time for one last dinner party. In “Runaway Blues,” thwarted love, revenge and something very nasty stowed in a hat box converge. In “Gloria,” a strange girl at a service station endears herself to a coldhearted killer, but can a leopard really change its spots? And in “I’m Not Ted,” a case of mistaken identity has unforeseen fatal consequences.

C. J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives with her partner and young daughter.