Following his law degree, where he developed an interest in criminal law, Matt Brolly completed his Masters in Creative Writing at Glasgow University.

The Gorge is the third novel in the Detective Louise Blackwell crime series. The first two, The Crossing and The Descent, were published in 2020. He is also the bestselling author of the DCI Lambert crime novels, Dead Eyed, Dead Lucky, Dead Embers, Dead Time and Dead Water, the Lynch and Rose thriller, The Controller, and the acclaimed near-future crime novel, Zero.

Matt writes children's books as M. J. Brolly. His first children's book is The Sleeping Bug.

Matt lives in London with his wife and their two young children. You can find out more about him at www.mattbrolly.co.uk or by following him on Twitter: @MattBrollyUK.