Fact Sheet


B.A. Paris is a New York Times and Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author.

Over 7 million copies of her books have sold worldwide.

She is the author of 7 published novels: Behind Closed Doors (2016), The Breakdown (2017), Bring Me Back (2018), The Dilemma (2020), The Therapist (2021), The Prisoner (2022) and The Guest (2024).

Her books have been translated into 41 languages and sold in 50 territories around the world.

B.A. Paris has been a Top Ten bestselling author in Czech Republic, a Number 1 bestseller in Iceland, and has appeared on the list of the most-bought books in Poland 77 times, where she’s also won a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Three of her novels have been optioned for major screen adaptations and are being produced by Elizabeth Fowler at Clear Pictures Entertainment.

The film of The Breakdown, titled Blackwater Lane, starring Minka Kelly (Euphoria), Maggie Grace (Fear The Walking Dead), and Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding) has been sold to distributors around the world.

The films of The Therapist, titled The Circle, and Behind Closed Doors will be shooting in 2024.

The Prisoner was a Richard and Judy book club pick. You can hear B.A. Paris talking about it here

Critically-acclaimed, B.A. Paris’s writing has been described as ‘a rollercoaster ride’ The Observer, ‘pulse-pounding’ Crime Monthly and ‘thoughtful’ The Daily Mail, amongst many other accolades.

B.A. Paris has collaborated on a novel, The Understudy, and has written a short story, The Mosquito, for Amazon Original Stories as well as short fiction for magazines such as Hello, My Weekly and Woman.

Often a word-of-mouth recommendation, B.A. Paris was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards for Behind Closed Doors in 2016 and The Breakdown in 2017.

B.A. Paris’s first novel, Behind Closed Doors was a global publishing phenomenon. It won the Platinum Nielsen Bestseller Award in 2019 for sales of over a million copies in the UK alone.

B.A. Paris is currently writing her next thriller.

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