Kristen Perrin is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of How to Solve Your Own Murder, and its sequel How to Seal Your Own Fate.

 

Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages, and her debut was a Good Morning America Buzzpick, as well as second runner-up on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as part of his March madness bookclub competition in 2024.

 

How to Solve Your Own Murder was also an Indiebound and Der Spiegel bestseller, has been long listed for the CWA Golden Dagger Award, and was an ALA Alex Award winner in 2025. She is originally from Seattle, but currently lives in England, where she is working on more books in her series.

 

Book three in the Castle Knoll series, How to Cheat Your Own Death is coming out in 2026, and a yet-to-be-named fourth book will follow in 2027.