J.L. Blackhurst is a pseudonym for Jenny Blackhurst who was born and grew up in Shropshire, where she still lives with her husband, two boys and two beagles. She has a Masters degree in Occupational Psychology and has worked in administration for the Fire Service and retail management before leaving to write full time. Her first pyschological thriller in 2011 won her a silver Nielsen award and became a kindle number one bestseller in the UK and a Spiegel Bestselleren in Germany.