Sadie Jones
A screenwriter turned author, Sadie Jones was born in London, the daughter of a writer and an actress. After leaving school, she worked in video production and as a waitress, and travelled to America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, before moving to Paris where she taught English and wrote her first screenplay. Back in London, she spent several years as a screenwriter before writing her acclaimed debut novel, The Outcast. Sadie lives in London with her husband, the architect Tim Boyd, and their two children.