About Jade

Jade Reilly is a criminologist and author who draws on her unique professional experience to explore the darker side of the human psyche.

Her insight into criminal behaviour has evolved through more than a decade working in social policy and as a coronial advisor, specialising in domestic and family violence deaths.

Jade completed the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing program in 2020 and was awarded a scholarship to attend Fiona McIntosh’s Masterclass in 2022.

Her first novel explores the human impact of long-term missing persons cases, intergenerational trauma and family secrets.

Jade lives in rural Australia with her husband and their two children.