Received the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the University of Johannesburg Prize, the August Derleth Award for Best Horror and the Strand Critics Choice Award for Best Mystery Novel.
Her writing has been translated into twenty-six languages.
Her fiction has won praise from the likes of Steven King, George R.R. Martin, James Ellroy and Gillian Flynn among others.
Has a daughter named Keitu.
Worked as a freelance journalist for ten years, including two years in New York and Chicago.