Ivory Crowne is a reclusive author known for crafting haunting psychological thrillers where beauty, deception and buried secrets collide. Drawing on themes of fractured identity, feminine power and shadowy fairy tale echoes, her novels explore the line between what we see-and what we fear.

Little is known about Crowne's personal life. She is rumoured to live in a remote estate tucked into the edge of an old forest, preferring the company of ravens and antique mirrors to modern distractions. Some readers claim you can trace real crimes through her fiction - if you look closely enough.