Nicci French
Nicci French is the pseudonym of English husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard (born June 10, 1958) and Sean French (born May 28, 1959), who write psychological thrillers together. They met in 1989 while working at the New Statesman and published their first co-written novel, The Memory Game, in 1997. Married and based in Suffolk, they write separately, exchanging chapters by email and revising each other's work until they reach consensus. By 2010, they had published twelve psychological thrillers, known for exploring ordinary people caught in extreme psychological situations. Their aim is not to offer escapism, but to make readers reflect uncomfortably on the darker parts of themselves.
Awards
["Nominated for the 2018 Dead Good Reader Award in The Wringer Award for the Character Who's Been Put Through It All category for the character Frieda Klein", "Nominated for The Crime Writer's Association Award, Dagger in the Library Award, in 2005", "Nominated for Crime Thriller Awards, ITV3 Writer's Award for Favourite Crime Genre Author, in 2009", 'Nominated for Crime Thriller Awards, ITV3 Crime Thriller Living Legends, in 2013', "House of Correction was nominated for the Crime Writer's Association Award, Gold Dagger Award, in 2021", 'The Favor / The Favour was nominated for the Ned Kelly Awards, Best International Crime Fiction, in 2023', 'Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? was nominated for the British Book Awards, Crime and Thriller Book of the Year, in 2025']
Notable Works
['The Memory Game', 'The Safe House', 'Killing Me Softly', 'Beneath the Skin', 'The Red Room', 'Land of the Living', 'Secret Smile', 'Catch Me When I Fall', 'Losing You', "Until It's Over", 'What to Do When Someone Dies', 'Blue Monday', "Tuesday's Gone", 'Waiting for Wednesday', "Thursday's Children", 'Friday on My Mind', 'Saturday Requiem', 'Sunday Morning Coming Down', 'Day of the Dead', 'The Lying Room', 'House of Correction', 'The Unheard', 'The Favor']
