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Nikki Smith studied English Literature at the University of Birmingham University, before pursuing a career in finance where she worked for various companies including BDO and Morgan Stanley. Following a ‘now or never’ moment, she applied for a Curtis Brown creative writing course where she started writing her debut novel ALL IN HER HEAD which was pre-empted by Orion in a two book deal. It went on to be an Amazon bestseller, was nominated for the Guardian ‘Not The Booker Prize’ and has been optioned for TV.

Her second novel, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO was published in April 2021 and was also optioned for TV. She then followed her editor and moved to Viking who published her third novel, THE BEACH PARTY, in July 2023, with THE GUESTS in 2024 and THEY HAD IT COMING in May 2025. Her latest thriller THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK will be published in July 2026

She co-hosts the podcast “In Suspense” and is represented by Sophie Lambert at the C&W agency. She lives near Guildford with her husband and two daughters.