Andrew Michael Hurley lives in Lancashire with his family. His first novel, The Loney, was originally published by Tartarus Press as a 300-copy limited edition, before being republished by John Murray. It went on to sell in twenty languages, win the Costa Best First Novel Award and the Book of the Year 2015 at the British Book Awards and TV rights have been sold to New Regency Television. Devil's Day, his second novel, was picked as a Book of the Year in five newspapers, and won the Encore Award. His novel Starve Acre was published in 2019 and was adapted for the screen by director Daniel Kokotajlo for cinema release this autumn. Barrowbeck, his new book, will be published on 24 October 2024.