Luke Jennings is the author of the VILLANELLE thriller series, recently commissioned as a major TV series by BBC America, airing in 2018. He's also the author of BLOOD KNOTS, short-listed for the 2010 Samuel Johnson and William Hill prizes, and of three novels: BREACH CANDY, BEAUTY STORY, and the Booker Prize-nominated ATLANTIC. As a journalist Luke has written for Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Time. A former dancer, he is The Observer's dance critic. With Deborah Bull, he co-wrote THE FABER GUIDE TO BALLET, and with his daughter Laura, the STARS children's fiction series.