Linwood Barclay

Linwood Barclay is a Canadian-American thriller author and former columnist for the Toronto Star whose page-turning suspense novels have sold millions of copies worldwide. Born in Darien, Connecticut, in 1955, he grew up in Canada and studied at Trent University. The Lie Maker is one of his taut, propulsive thrillers built on the premise that one ordinary decision can spiral into extraordinary danger. Barclay's bestsellers include No Time for Goodbye, which sold over seven million copies worldwide, and numerous standalone thrillers. His fiction is characterised by its everyman protagonists, its relentless pacing, and its ability to make suburban normality feel terrifying. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers gripping, fast-paced thrillers where ordinary lives are upended by extraordinary danger — suspense that starts fast and never lets up.