Ruth Ware grew up in Lewes, in Sussex. After graduating from Manchester University she moved to Paris, before settling in North London. She has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language and a press officer. In a Dark, Dark Wood is her début thriller. Ruth's second novel, The Woman in Cabin 10, became a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) Ruth Ware was born in West Sussex, England in 1977. She is a graduate of Manchester University. She has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language, and a press officer. She is the author of the psychological crime thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood, and the bestseller, The Woman in Cabin 10. (Bowker Author Biography)