Jane Casey is an
Irish
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-born author of
crime novels
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
. She was born in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
in 1977 and grew up in
Castleknock
Castleknock () is an affluent suburb located west of the centre of Dublin city, Ireland. It is centered on the village of the same name in Fingal.
In addition to the suburb, the name "Castleknock" also refers to older units of land division: ...
, 8 km (5 mi) west of the centre of Dublin. She studied English at
Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship St ...
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Her first book, ''The Missing'', was published by
Ebury Press
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in February 2010. It was shortlisted for the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Award. She then began a series of novels featuring Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan:
''The Burning'', ''The Reckoning'', ''The Last Girl'', ''The Stranger You Know'' and ''The Kill'' (which was shortlisted for the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Award 2014). She has also begun a series of novels for young adults, featuring her character Jess Tennant: ''How to Fall'', ''Bet Your Life'' and ''Hide and Seek''.
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References
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1977 births
Writers from Dublin (city)
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Crime novelists
Irish crime fiction writers
Edgar Award winners
Living people