Anna Mortimer is a practicing therapist with a master's in psychoanalytic theory from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. She writes on psychotherapy for Prospect Magazine and is a former Moscow correspondent for The Times (London). She is also the author of the Faith Zanetti quintet of novels, two further thrillers including The Oligarch's Wife, and a memoir about her war correspondent father, Every Time We Say Goodbye. She lives between London and Italy with two black labradors. You can reach her at annacbmortimer@gmail.com.