Claire Douglas

Claire Douglas is an English author and former journalist. She is known for her Sunday Times-bestselling thrillers that focus on women in key roles.

Early life Douglas grew up in Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol in Gloucestershire. Douglas studied journalism at university.

Career Douglas began her career in journalism and worked as a features writer for fifteen years, during which time she wrote for women’s magazines and national newspapers and had a short story published in Women’s Weekly magazine.

Douglas entered a writing competition the first three chapters of a contemporary novel plus a synopsis held by Marie Claire magazine. She won the competition and secured a publishing contract with Harper Collins in the UK and was introduced to a literary agent. Douglas is a Sunday Times bestselling author and her novels have been selected as Richard and Judy Book Club picks. In Germany, seven of her novels have become bestsellers.

Personal life As of 2024, she is based in Bath, Somerset. She is married and has two children.

Publications Novels The Sisters (2015) Local Girl Missing (2016) Last Seen Alive (2017) Do Not Disturb (2018) Then She Vanishes (2019) Just Like the Other Girls (2020) The Couple at No 9 (2021) The Girls Who Disappeared (2022) The Woman Who Lied (2023) The Wrong Sister (2024) The New Neighbours (2025)

Short stories The Text (2017)