Jocelyn Dexter is the author of Shh. Born in London, she grew up reading the Winnie-the-Pooh series, the Tintin series, and the complete works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Raymond Chandler. Her parents were journalists, and she spent much of her childhood traveling the world. She has a BA in BSL/English Interpreting and, while working as an interpreter, completed an MA in creative writing at Brunel University.