Tana French, born 1973 in Burlington, Vermont, is an American-Irish writer and theatrical actress; a longstanding resident of Ireland.
Her debut novel In the Woods (2007), a psychological mystery, won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards for best first novel.
She lives in Dublin.
The Independent has referred to her as being the First Lady of Irish Crime, who very quietly has become a huge international name among fiction readers.