Sarah Dunnakey is the author of The Companion (2017) & The Twelve Murders of Christmas (2024)

When she’s not writing fiction, Sarah writes and verifies questions for a variety of TV quiz shows including Mastermind, University Challenge and Pointless. She has previously worked as a librarian, an education officer in a Victorian cemetery and an oral history interviewer.

Sarah has won or been shortlisted in several short story competitions and her work has been published in anthologies and broadcast on Radio 4. She won a Northern Writers’ Award from New Writing North for her debut novel The Companion, and the NWA Arvon Award in 2019. She grew up in North East England but now lives in West Yorkshire.

Follow her on Instagram and X @SarahDeeWrites.

Agent enquiries: Saskia Leach at Kate Nash Literary Agency

saskia@katenashlit.co.uk