Harriet Tyce was born and grew up in Edinburgh. She graduated from Oxford in 1994 with a degree in English literature before gaining legal qualifications. She worked as a criminal barrister for ten years, leaving after having children. She completed an MA in creative writing-crime fiction at UEA, where she wrote Blood Orange, the Sunday Times bestselling novel. It was followed by The Lies You Told, another Sunday Times bestseller. It Ends At Midnight has been published to critical acclaim. She lives in north London with her family and two dogs.