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Lucy Foley

ルーシー・フォーリー

Rūshī Fōrī

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1986-08-16 (Sussex, England)
Nationality
English
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Editor
Active Years
2015-2024
Affiliations
Headline Publishing Group, Hodder & Stoughton
Nominations
CWA Gold Dagger Award Longlist (2020)

Education

Westbourne House School
Country: United Kingdom
Portsmouth High School
Country: United Kingdom
University College London
Faculty of Arts / English Literature
Country: United Kingdom
Durham University
English Literature
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller
2020
Work: The Guest List
Category: Mystery & Thriller
Organization: Goodreads
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Guest List

2020 Mystery/Thriller

A thriller novel set at a wedding on a remote island.

IsolationSecretsMurder

The Paris Apartment

2022 Mystery/Thriller

A mystery/thriller novel set in a Paris apartment.

DisappearanceSecretsFamily

Bibliography

  • The Book of Lost and Found (2015)
  • The Invitation (2016)
  • Last Letter from Istanbul (2018)
  • The Hunting Party (2019)
  • The Guest List (2020)
  • The Paris Apartment (2022)
  • The Midnight Feast (2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Tense narrativeMultiple perspectives
Recurring Motifs
Locked settingsGroup tensions

Legacy

Contemporary mystery/thriller author and New York Times bestseller.