Leigh Russell is the author of the Geraldine Steel series, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. Her books have been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger Awards, reached #1 on Amazon Kindle and iTunes and selected as finalists for The People's Book Prize. Leigh is chair of the CWA's Debut Dagger judging panel and is a Royal Literary Fellow. Leigh studied at the University of Kent, gaining a Masters degree in English and American Literature. She is married with two daughters and a granddaughter, and lives in London.