Claire McGowan: Million Copy Bestseller

I write crime and literary fiction as Claire McGowan and have also written women's fiction as Eva Woods. I also write non-fiction, journalism, and TV scripts. 

I was born in Northern Ireland and now live in London. I've wanted to be a writer ever since I worked out how to read Dick and Jane ('Look, Dick! Look, Jane!') and I thought, 'I could do that.' How hard could it be? 

Needless to say it was some years before I published my first novel The Fall in 2012. But I've followed it up with several bestsellers, radio plays and screenplays. In fact I'm approaching two million sales of my books! I also ran the UK’s first MA in crime writing for six years, and I regularly teach and talk about writing.