Nicola Rayner is the author of The Girl Before You, which was described as "the new Girl on the Train” by the Observer, picked by the same newspaper as a debut to look out for in 2019 and translated into multiple languages. Her second novel, You and Me, another psychological thriller, was published by Avon, HarperCollins in October 2020. In her day job as a journalist, Nicola writes about dance and travel and her articles have appeared in a number of publications including the Guardian, the Independent, Time Out and Dancing Times.

Nicola is active on social media, where you can find her pondering important issues such as Strictly Come Dancing, musical theatre, her new favourite books and the trials and joys of being a Jack Russell owner. She promises she won’t talk about herself in the third person there.

The Girl Before You and You and Me are out now in paperback, ebook and audiobook.