Kathryn Heyman grew up in Australia where she worked as an actor, playwright and, briefly, a deckhand. Her previous novels are Keep Your Hands on the Wheel (currently being adapted for Radio 4) and The Breaking (shortlisted for the Stakis Prize for the Scottish Writer of the Year, longlisted for the Orange Prize). The Accomplice has received an Arts Council of England Writer's Award and a Wingate Scholarship. Kathryn divides her time, with her partner and their young family, between Britain and Australia.
