Peter James is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, best known for his crime thrillers featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who Queen Camilla recently named as her favourite fictional detective. Praised by critics and much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters and accurate portrayals of modern-day policing, he has won more than forty awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and the Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger. With a total of twenty-one Sunday Times number ones, his books have sold more than 23 million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty-eight languages. The sixth season of the hit drama Grace, based on the Roy Grace novels, is currently filming, starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper. The series is available to watch on ITVX and BritBox.

Seven of his novels have been adapted into hit stage productions, his most recent being Picture You Dead, and his plays have been named 'the most successful stage franchise since Agatha Christie'.