Lucretia Grindle

Lucretia Grindle is an award-winning American author whose captivating novels have won the hearts of readers and listeners worldwide. Her intricately plotted stories, richly described settings, and multidimensional characters have made her a beloved author in the genres of mystery, thriller, and literary fiction.

Lucretia is the author of the psychological thrillers The Nightspinners, shortlisted for the Steel Dagger Award, and The Faces of Angels, one of BBC FrontRow's six best books of the year, shortlisted for the Edgar Award. Her historical fiction includes The Villa Triste, a novel of the Italian Partisans in World War II, a finalist for the Gold Dagger Award, and The Lost Daughter, a fictionalized account of the Aldo Moro kidnapping.

She has been fortunate enough to be awarded fellowships at The Hedgebrook Foundation, The Hawthornden Foundation, The Hambidge Foundation, The American Academy in Paris, and to be the Writer in Residence at The Wallace Stegner Foundation. A television drama based on her research and journey across Grasslands is currently in development. The Devil's Glove and the concluding books of the Salem trilogy are drawn from her research at the University of Maine, where Lucretia is grateful to have been a fellow at the Canadian American Foundation.

She and her husband, David Lutyens, live in Shropshire.