Lucy Atkins is a highly acclaimed author of suspense and a journalist from England. She has written five novels, including "The Missing One," "The Night Visitor," and "Magpie Lane," which was chosen as a Book of the Year by the Good Housekeeping magazine, The Guardian, and Telegraph. Atkins's latest novel, "Windmill Hill," was a Best Summer Books pick in 2023 for the Guardian and Observer newspapers.
In addition to her success as a novelist, Atkins is an experienced journalist who has written for several United Kingdom newspapers, including the Times, Guardian, Sunday Times, Sunday Express, Telegraph, and many other magazines. She is also a book critic for The Sunday Times and the Guardian, and has judged the Costa Book Awards.
Atkins is a tutor on the Creative Writing Masters degree at Oxford University, where she lectures on creative writing. She has also written several non-fiction books, including the Amazon #1 parenting bestseller, "First-Time Parent" (Collins, 2008). Atkins is active on social media, with accounts on Twitter and Instagram, where she shares updates on her writing and offers free creative writing classes. She divides her time between Oxford and Lewes, Sussex.