Gabrielle Donnelly was born and brought up in London, where she worked as a journalist on women's magazines. She moved to Los Angeles to specialise in show business journalism and is now an active member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Her previous books include Holy Mother, Faulty Ground, and All Done With Mirrors (Victor Gollancz) and The Girl In The Photograph (Putnam).
She lives in Los Angeles with her partner Owen.