Helene Flood is the author of international bestselling adult fiction thrillers. Her debut, The Therapist has been translated into 30 languages, topped bestseller charts, and earned numerous awards and nominations. In 2023 Flood published her first book for children, The Silver Sparkling Island, which was nominated for the ARK Children’s Book Award. Flood is a psychologist with a PhD degree and works as a psychologist and researcher at the National Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress. She lives in Oslo, Norway.