Paula Hawkins

Paula Hawkins was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1972.
* She moved to London with her family when she was 17 years old.
* She studied philosophy, politics, and economics at the University of Oxford.
* She worked as a journalist for The Times and The Independent.
* She published her first novel, The Girl on the Train, in 2015.
* The Girl on the Train was a worldwide bestseller and was adapted into a film in 2016.
* Hawkins has since published two more novels, Into the Water (2016) and A Slow Fire Burning (2020).
* She is a New York Times bestselling author.
* She lives in London with her daughter.