Abigail Dean

Abigail Dean is an English writer, living in south London. She is the author of the novels Girl A (2021) Day One (2024), and The Death of Us (2025). Biography Dean was born in Manchester, England, and grew up in Hayfield, Derbyshire. She graduated from Robinson College, Cambridge, in 2008, with a degree in English literature. After her degree, she took a law conversion course, eventually specialising in information technology law, in which she has had a career. She worked as a lawyer for Google. In 2019, it was reported that Dean received a six-figure sum from UK publisher HarperCollins for ... Abigail Dean is an English writer, living in south London. She is the author of the novels Girl A (2021) Day One (2024), and The Death of Us (2025). Biography Dean was born in Manchester, England, and grew up in Hayfield, Derbyshire. She graduated from Robinson College, Cambridge, in 2008, with a degree in English literature. After her degree, she took a law conversion course, eventually specialising in information technology law, in which she has had a career. She worked as a lawyer for Google. In 2019, it was reported that Dean received a six-figure sum from UK publisher HarperCollins for her first novel Girl A, and another, The Conspiracies. She reportedly received a seven-figure deal from US publisher Viking Press. Girl A was published in the UK in January 2021. See more