Teri Terry has lived in France, Canada, Australia and England at more addresses than she can count, acquiring four degrees, a selection of passports and an unusual name along the way. Moving constantly as a child, teenager and also as an adult has kept Teri on the outside looking in much of her life. It has given her an obsession with characters who don't belong or find themselves in unfamiliar places. She writes thrillers for both adults and a YA audience. Her first adult psychological thriller, The Patient, was published in February 2024 with Bookouture. Her many YA thrillers include Scare Me, the Slated trilogy, the Dark Matter trilogy, Mind Games and Book of Lies. Her books have won over twenty regional and national book awards, A full time writer, Teri has also been a scientist, a lawyer, an optometrist, and worked for schools and a charity.