Claire Douglas
Claire Douglas is represented by Juliet Mushens
Claire has wanted to be a writer since she was a child. She studied journalism at university and worked for various press agencies and magazines while writing novels in her spare time. In 2013 she won the Marie Claire Debut Novel award with The Sisters which went on to be published by HarperCollins in August that year. She moved to Penguin Michael Joseph with her second thriller, Local Girl Missing, which was her first Sunday Times top ten bestseller. Published in Germany as Missing in 2018 by Penguin Verlag, it placed in the German bestseller charts for six consecutive weeks and was the bestselling crime debut of that year. Since then, she has written eight more bestselling thrillers; Last Seen Alive, Do Not Disturb, Then She Vanishes, Just Like the Other Girls, The Couple at No 9, The Girls Who Disappeared, The Woman Who Lied and The Wrong Sister.
The Girls Who Disappeared was a Sunday Times number one bestseller in 2022, and The Woman Who Lied was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller book of the year. Her most recent thriller, The Wrong Sister, was her first hardback and placed at number two on the Sunday Times Original Fiction list and was in the top ten for six consecutive weeks. She’s a regular Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, has had two number one bestselling books in Germany, is published in 24 counties and has sold over two million copies in the UK alone.
Claire lives in Bath with her husband, children, and two very fluffy cats.
Praise for The Sisters:
‘Grippingly claustrophobic and unpredictable on every page: perfect for fans of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN’ — Marie Claire
‘Humming with anxiety and friction, The Sisters keep readers guessing as to who is doing what to whom until the very end…[A] gripping psychological debut’ — Shelf Awareness
‘Tension oozes from every page… [an] addictive read that will leave you on the edge of your seat’ — The Sun
‘Unforgettably dark and complex’ — Woman and Home
‘A very addictive read’ — The Irish Examiner
‘A must-read!’ — Closer
Praise for Do Not Disturb:
‘This kept me up last night. Scary. Twisty. All too believable. Exactly what you need for a bestselling chiller-thriller.’ — Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife
‘Tense, claustrophobic and gripping . . . This tale of 'living the dream' gone wrong will have you tearing through the pages’ — Paula Daly, bestselling author of The Mistake I Made
‘Secrets lurk behind every corner in this dark, gothic thriller. Absorbing and chilling’ — Karen Perry, bestselling author of Girl Unknown
‘I raced through Do Not Disturb. Douglas is one of few thriller writers who combines shocking twists effortlessly, and beautifully, with sensitive explorations of family dynamics. I loved it and can't wait to see what she does next’ — Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Anything You Do Say
‘A tense and intriguing domestic noir where no one in the family is beyond suspicion. Kept me guessing right up to the thrilling finale.’ — Emma Curtis, bestselling author of One Little Mistake
Praise for Just Like the Other Girls:
‘Just Like the Other Girls is a chilling novel showcasing Claire Douglas's trademark brilliantly claustrophobic settings and tightly plotted twists. Impossible to know which of the well-drawn characters to trust and very hard to put down’ — Gilly Macmillan, bestselling author of What She Knew
‘Just Like the Other Girls is just the sort of distraction I need at the moment: an immersive page-turner with numerous red herrings and a twist I didn't see coming’ — Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal
‘I absolutely couldn't put this book down. A wickedly clever page-turner of a psychothriller’ — Emma Curtis, bestselling author of One Little Mistake
‘Deliciously spooky. You simply have to discover what happens’ — Jane Corry, bestselling author of I Made a Mistake
Rights sold:
Local Girl Missing: Michael Joseph (UK), HarperCollins (US), Goimai (China), Penguin (Germany), Tericum (Hungary), Gu-fic (Korea), Bruna (Netherlands), Gyldendal (Norway), Foksal (Poland), Zalozba Ucila (Slovenia), Modernista (Sweden), Faces (Taiwan), and Expectation Entertainment (TV).
Last Seen Alive: Penguin (UK), Tericum (Hungary), Nord (Italy), Gyldendal (Norway), Foksal (Poland), and Zalozba Ucila (Slovenia).
The Sisters: Harlequin (UK), Tericum (Hungary), Nord (Italy), Gyldendal (Norway), Foksal (Poland), Jacaranda (Portugal), Litera (Romania) and Modernista (Sweden).
Then She Vanishes: Penguin (UK), HarperCollins (US), Albatros (Czech), Penguin (Germany), and Gyldendal (Norway).
Do Not Disturb: Penguin (UK), HarperCollins (US), Penguin (Germany), Nord (Italy), Gu-fic (Korea), and Gyldendal (Norway).
Just Like the Other Girls: Michael Joseph (UK), Penguin (Germany), and Gyldendal (Norway).
The Couple at No. 9: Michael Joseph (UK), HarperCollins (US), Botema Bot (Albania), Trama (Brazil), Egmont (Croatia), Albatros (Czech), Postimehe Kirjastus (Estonia), Publiva (Finland), Penguin (Germany), Korean Studies (Korea), Zvaigzne (Latvia), Vaga (Lithuania), Gyldendal (Norway), Filia (Poland), Presenca (Portugal), Grup Media (Romania), Eksmo (Russia), Planeta (Spain), Ecus (Taiwan), Olimpos (Turkey) and Abrikos (Ukraine).
The Girls Who Disappeared: Michael Joseph (UK), HarperCollins (US), Albatros (Czech), Penguin (Germany), Giallo (Italy), Vaga (Lithuania), Filia (Poland), Grup Media (Romania), and Eksmo (Russia), Olimpos (Turkey).
The Woman Who Lied: Michael Joseph (UK), HarperCollins (US), AMG (Bulgaria), Penguin (Germany), Filia (Poland), Presença (Portugal), Litera (Romania), Planeta (Spain), and Olimpos (Turkey).
The Wrong Sister: Michael Joseph (UK), HarperCollins (US), Ediouro (Brazil), AMG (Bulgaria), Kirjapaja (Finland), Penguin (Germany), File (Poland), Presença (Portugal), Laguna (Serbia), Slovart (Slovakia), Ucila (Slovenia), Olimpos (Turkey) and Abrikos (Ukraine).