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Louisa Reid is 35 years old, married with two young daughters and currently teaches English in a girls' school in Cambridge. She is originally from Cheshire, studied English at Oxford and has lived in London and Zurich. Her pupils are definitely not the inspiration for her characters in her novels but witnessing their passion for great fiction inspired her to write for young adults.

Books by Louisa Reid

Lies Like Love

The haunting and heartbreaking new novel about a girl whose life is threatened by her mother's terrible secret, from the critically acclaimed author of Black Heart Blue

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Black Heart Blue

In the bestselling tradition of Before I Die comes a haunting and powerful new novel about twin sisters and their terrifying struggle to escape abusive parents

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The Poet

A mesmerizing, provocative, pacy novel-in-verse about a young writer, her manipulative lover, and what happens when she's pushed to her limit.

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