Rosalind Stopps lives in Margate and south-east London with various humans and dogs. Her short stories have been published in five anthologies and read at live literature events in London, Leeds, Hong Kong and New York.Her debut novel, The Stranger She Knew was shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2020. A Beginner’s Guide to Murder is her second novel.

Praise for A Beginner’s Guide to Murder ‘Guaranteed to hook you . . . At times both touching and darkly funny, A Beginner's Guide To Murder explores the vital ways in which women can support one another through their darkest hours’ Anna Bailey, Sunday Times bestselling author of Tall Bones‘A beguiling, beautifully crafted treat of a novel. It holds so much wisdom yet wears it so lightly. There are shades of Kate Atkinson in the way Rosalind balances dark themes with dry humour, a great plot, exquisitely realised characters, and more than a hint of feminist sensibility… truly everything I want in a novel’ Jessica Moor, bestselling author of Keeper‘A quirky, witty thriller that reminds us not to underestimate the older generation’ Best‘Darkly comic and gripping’ Woman’s Own‘[An] excellent character-driven tale . . . by turns amusing, sorrowful, and thrilling. Stopps is definitely a writer to watch’ Publishers Weekly, STARRED review Praise for Rosalind Stopps ‘A tense page-turning thriller…powerful’ The Times‘A masterful feat of storytelling’ Tim Pears, author of The West Country trilogy

Rosalind Stopps lives in Margate and south-east London with various humans and dogs. Her short stories have been published in five anthologies and read at live literature events in London, Leeds, Hong Kong and New York.Her debut novel, The Stranger She Knew was shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2020. A Beginner’s Guide to Murder is her second novel.

Praise for A Beginner’s Guide to Murder ‘Guaranteed to hook you . . . At times both touching and darkly funny, A Beginner's Guide To Murder explores the vital ways in which women can support one another through their darkest hours’ Anna Bailey, Sunday Times bestselling author of Tall Bones‘A beguiling, beautifully crafted treat of a novel. It holds so much wisdom yet wears it so lightly. There are shades of Kate Atkinson in the way Rosalind balances dark themes with dry humour, a great plot, exquisitely realised characters, and more than a hint of feminist sensibility… truly everything I want in a novel’ Jessica Moor, bestselling author of Keeper‘A quirky, witty thriller that reminds us not to underestimate the older generation’ Best‘Darkly comic and gripping’ Woman’s Own‘[An] excellent character-driven tale . . . by turns amusing, sorrowful, and thrilling. Stopps is definitely a writer to watch’ Publishers Weekly, STARRED review Praise for Rosalind Stopps ‘A tense page-turning thriller…powerful’ The Times‘A masterful feat of storytelling’ Tim Pears, author of The West Country trilogy