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Short Bio
Laura Griffin is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than thirty books and novellas. She is a two-time RITA Award winner, as well as the recipient of the Daphne du Maurier Award. Laura got her start in journalism before venturing into the world of suspense fiction.
Laura lives in Austin, Texas, where she is working on her next novel.
Fast Facts
- Laura's bestselling novels have been translated into fourteen languages! Her books have appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists.
- Laura attended Vanderbilt University, where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in art history.
- Before writing fiction, Laura worked as a newspaper reporter in Nashville and greater Chicago, and wrote travel articles in the Philippines.
- When she's not writing, Laura's hobbies include traveling, painting and photography.
- Laura is on a mission to hike all 63 of America's national parks.
Career Highlights
- 2025: PEOPLE magazine names Innocence Road as their Book of the Week.
- 2025: Innocence Road, set in West Texas near Marfa, comes out in hardcover.
- 2022: Laura is profiled in Texas Monthly magazine.
- 2021: Last Seen Alone named a Best Romance of 2021 by Amazon.
- 2020: Laura launches her bestselling Texas Murder Files series, which kicks off with Hidden.
- 2018: Desperate Girls named one of the Year's Best Books by Publisher's Weekly.
- 2013: Laura teams up with author Allison Brennan to write the Moreno & Hart mystery series, set in Southern California.
- 2010: Laura wins her first RITA Award, for Whisper of Warning. Her second RITA Award comes three years later for Scorched.
- 2009: Laura launches her popular Tracers series. The series will include 13 bestselling books and the New York Times bestselling novella, Unstoppable.
- 2007: One Last Breath, Laura's debut novel, featuring an intrepid newspaper reporter, hits book stores.
Articles & Interviews
PEOPLE's Book of the Week
November 17, 2025 | People magazine
PEOPLE magazine names Innocence Road as a Book of the Week and one of the Best Books of November. “High-tension suspense that feels urgently of the moment. This saga crackles with border politics, racism, sexism and corruption.” —PEOPLE
Using Genealogy to Write Suspense Fiction
October 23, 2023 | Writer's Digest
In this post, Laura explains why she was burning to write crime fiction with a genealogist, how research for this title took her to a very scary place, and more.
Texas is the Main Character in Laura Griffin's Twisty Mysteries
November 3, 2022 | Texas Monthly
Some people visit the windswept sand dunes along the Gulf Coast or the shadowy Piney Woods of East Texas for their natural beauty. Laura Griffin loves these locations because they’re the perfect places to commit a murder or hide a body.
The Austin-based suspense novelist is always in search of inspiration. When we meet up on a bustling Friday morning in August, she scans the sunny courtyard outside Lucky Lab Coffee on San Antonio Street, just across from the University of Texas campus. Students quietly hover over laptops, and a couple strolls past, holding hands. Griffin points up at the unlit string lights draped across the courtyard. “This could be an after-hours murder scene,” she says.
Cold Cases Cracked: How DNA Detectives Are Revolutionizing Police Work
October 24, 2023 | The Nerd Daily
What would you do if police knocked on your door and asked for your help apprehending a killer? Would you give them a tip? What about a DNA sample? And what if they told you the suspected killer was someone in your own family?
With the widespread popularity of home DNA kits, more and more people are—wittingly and unwittingly—providing police with new leads in unsolved cases. Every week brings new headlines about breakthroughs in cases that had been cold for years.
Writing Romantic Suspense: The Three Ps
October 26, 2022 | Writer's Digest
Combining the tantalizing elements of romance with the relentless pacing of suspense can make for a heart-pounding reading experience. Here, New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin shares was she calls the three Ps of writing romantic suspense.
Off the Grid
August 21, 2020 | Criminal Element
For years, the story in suspense novels has been the same. Protagonists defeat their nemesis only to slowly ride off into a distant land to enjoy a quiet life. Now, Laura Griffin challenges that narrative, posing an interesting question: Can the good guy really fall off the grid in the digital age?
At the Body Farm: Forensic Anthropologists in Fact and Fiction
March 27, 2019 | Crime Reads
Deep in the heart of the Texas Hill Country lies a 26-acre patch of land dotted with oaks, mesquite trees, and the occasional human corpse. Known to locals as the Body Ranch…
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