Julia Dahl was born and raised in Fresno, California and currently lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband and son. A former journalist, specializing in crime and criminal justice, she is the author of three novels in the Rebekah Roberts series including Invisible City, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and won the Barry Award, the Shamus Award, and the Macavity Award for Best First Novel, and Conviction. The Missing Hours is her first standalone novel.