Kimberley Chambers

Kimberley Chambers is a British author who has earned the title of the Queen of Gangland Crime — a Sunday Times number one bestselling writer whose gritty, family-centred crime sagas set in Essex and East London have sold over a million copies. Chambers has lived a life as colourful as her fiction. She has worked as a disc jockey and a street trader, and her first-hand knowledge of Essex life gives her novels an authenticity and raw energy that readers recognise and love. She began writing fiction later in life, and her debut novel Billie Jo was published in 2008. Her novels are centred on criminal families navigating loyalty, betrayal, revenge, and the bonds that hold them together. The Mitchells and O'Haras trilogy (The Feud, The Traitor, The Victim), the Butlers series (The Trap, Payback, The Wronged, Tainted Love, Backstabber), and the Bonds series (The Family Man, The Brothers, Essex Wives) are sprawling, multi-generational crime sagas told from the perspective of the villains themselves. Chambers writes crime fiction with her trademark humour, larger-than-life characters, and an unflinching willingness to go to dark places. Her women are as tough and complex as her men, and her family dynamics are as compelling as her criminal plots. Her strength is voice — her characters sound real, her dialogue crackles, and her Essex settings are vivid and convincing. The audiobook editions of Chambers's novels are gripping and entertaining. Her books and audiobooks are essential for fans of gangland crime fiction, family sagas, and gritty British thrillers in the tradition of Martina Cole.