Ruth Rendell’s many writing awards include three Edgars and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America as well as four Golden Daggers from England’s Crime Writers Association. She is also the author of Harm Done, Road Rage, The Keys to the Street, Simisola, The Crocodile Bird, and many more acclaimed novels.
She lives in England. In 1997 she was named a life peer in the House of Lords.