Rachel Ward is an award-winning author who writes adult crime books, YA thrillers and non-fiction.

Her first book, Numbers, about a girl who can see death dates won numerous awards in the UK and around the world, and was published in 26 countries and is optioned for film/TV.

Her cozy crime series, The Supermarket Mysteries, set in and around a supermarket in a small English town, has hit the Amazon top 20 Cozy Mystery chart, and starts with The Missing Checkout Girl Mystery. Rachel hosts a monthly crime book chat on X/Twitter, #cosycrimeclub, at 11.00am UK time on the first Tuesday of each month.

She has also written psychological thrillers (as R. M. Ward) including Safe With You, which was featured in Heat Magazine.

Her new non-fiction book, Write Your Cozy Mystery: A Practical How To Guide, was published in 2024.

Rachel has two grown up children, and lives in Bath, UK, with her husband and two little dogs. She is also an artist and photographer, and has exhibited locally. She likes to post a cheerful photograph every morning on social media (X/Twtter: @RachelWardbooks) to start the day off the right way.