British writer
Abigail Dean is an English writer, living in south London.[1] She has written the novels Girl A (2021)[2] and Day One (2024).[3]
Biography
Dean was born in Manchester[4] and grew up in Hayfield, Derbyshire. She graduated from Robinson College, Cambridge in 2008[5] with a degree in English literature.[1][6] After her degree she took a law conversion course, eventually specialising in information technology law, in which she has had a career.[1] She works as a lawyer for Google.[1]
In 2019 it was reported that Dean received a six-figure sum from UK publisher HarperCollins for her first novel Girl A and another, The Conspiracies. She reportedly received a seven-figure deal from US publisher Viking Press.[7] Girl A was published in the UK in January 2021.[8]
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