Abigail Dean

Abigail Dean is an English writer, living in south London.^[1] She has written the novels Girl A (2021),^[2] Day One (2024),^[3] and The Death of Us (2025).^[4]

Biography

Dean was born in Manchester^[5] and grew up in Hayfield, Derbyshire. She graduated from Robinson College, Cambridge in 2008^[6] with a degree in English literature.^[1][7] After her degree she took a law conversion course, eventually specialising in information technology law, in which she has had a career.^[1] She worked as a lawyer for Google.^[1]

In 2019 it was reported that Dean received a six-figure sum from UK publisher HarperCollins for her first novel Girl A and another, The Conspiracies. She reportedly received a seven-figure deal from US publisher Viking Press.^[8] Girl A was published in the UK in January 2021.^[9]

Personal life

She works as a full time writer.^[10] She lives in South East London with her husband, son and cat called Woody.^[10]

Publications

• Girl A. London: HarperCollins, 2021. ISBN 9780008389055.^[11][12][13]
• Day One. Hemlock, 2024. ISBN 978-0008389260.^[3]
• The Death of Us. HarperCollins, 2025. ISBN 9780008625610.^[14]