Louisa Scarr studied psychology at the University of Southampton and has lived in and around the city ever since. She works as a freelance copywriter and editor, and when she's not writing, she can be found pounding the streets in running shoes or swimming in muddy lakes.

She is the author of the Butler and West crime series, published by Canelo Crime, beginning with Last Place You Look and ending with Out of the Ashes in July 2023. A new series, about a police dog handler PC Lucy Halliday, will launch in 2024 with Gallows Wood.

She began her career writing as Louisa de Lange: her debut novel The Dream Wife was an eBook bestseller and hailed as ‘startling and clever’ by R&J bestseller Cara Hunter, and ‘thriller-writing at its best’ by the Daily Mail. This was followed by the Kate Munro series, Ask Me No Questions and Nowhere to be Found.

You can follow her on Twitter @paperclipgirl and on Instagram @louisascarrwriter.