LJ Ross is the author of the #1 international bestselling series of DCI Ryan mystery novels and her books have sold more than eleven million copies since 2015.Louise was born in Northumberland, England. She studied undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Law at King's College London and studied abroad in Paris and Florence. She spent much of her working life in London, where she was a regulatory lawyer for a number of years before taking the decision to change career and pursue her dream to write.