A.J. Waines is a highly successful English author, best known for her psychological thrillers, crime fiction, and suspense novels. She has sold over half a million printed copies of her books worldwide, with several of them topping the Kindle Charts in various countries. Waines has written the popular Samantha Willerby Mystery series, as well as several standalone books, including Girl on a Train, The Evil Beneath, No Longer Safe, Don't You Dare, and Dark Place to Hide.
Before beginning her writing career, Waines worked as a psychotherapist for fifteen years, gaining valuable insight into abnormal psychology. This experience has informed her writing, which often explores secrets, lies, devious motives, crimes of passion, and hidden truths. Waines' unique background and storytelling abilities have earned her a reputation as a skilled and captivating author.
Waines is a #1 International Bestselling Author, having topped the full UK and Australian Kindle Charts in 2015 and 2016 with her novel Girl on a Train. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Times and has been ranked as a Kindle (KDP) TOP 10 'MOST-READ AUTHOR' in the UK. Her books have been translated into multiple languages and published in several countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Norway, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Canada (audiobooks). Waines currently lives in Hampshire, UK, with her husband. She is a prolific writer, with several books available, all of which can be read in any order. She also writes a self-help book, The Self-Esteem Journal: How to use a Journal to build Self-Esteem, under the name Alison Waines. Waines' fiction books are standalone, but her series, Inside the Whispers, Lost in the Lake, Perfect Bones, and Cut you Dead, feature Clinical Psychologist, Dr Samantha Willerby.