Erin Kelly - The Night Stairs

Dark secrets. Obsession. Memory. And a house that refuses to let go of the past.

Join bestselling author Erin Kelly for an evening of psychological suspense as she takes us inside The Night Stairs, her chilling new thriller about the stories we tell ourselves – and what happens when the past won't stay buried.

From her acclaimed debut The Poison Tree, adapted into a major ITV drama, to He Said/She Said, The Skeleton Key and the novelisation of Broadchurch, Erin has become one of Britain's most distinctive thriller writers, renowned for darkly compelling characters, intricate plots and the kind of twists that make you rethink everything you've just read.

In conversation, Erin will reveal the ideas and obsessions behind The Night Stairs, how she builds tension and wrong-foots her readers, and what goes into constructing a psychological thriller that keeps you guessing until the final page.

Perfect for fans of intelligent, twisty crime fiction and seriously good psychological suspense.

ERIN KELLY is one of the most well respected and critically acclaimed voices in the crime writing community. She is the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Poison Tree, The Sick Rose, The Burning Air, The Ties That Bind, He Said She Said, Stone Mothers / We Know You Know, Watch Her Fall, The Skeleton Key and Broadchurch: The Novel, inspired by the mega-hit TV series.

Erin has worked as a freelance journalist since 1998 and written for the Guardian, The Sunday Times, Daily Mail, New Statesman, Red, Elle and Cosmopolitan, as well writing for screen. She has also taught creative writing on the Curtis Brown Creative course.

Born in London in 1976, she lives in north London with her husband and daughters.