PAULA HAWKINS worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. Born
and brought up in Zimbabwe Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. Her
first thriller The Girl on the Train has been a global phenomenon selling almost 20 million
copies worldwide. Published in over forty languages it has been a No.1 bestseller around the
world and was a No.1 box office hit film starring Emily Blunt. Into the Water her second
stand-alone thriller has also been a global No.1 bestseller.
