Jacqueline New is the author of the popular DCI McNeill Scottish crime thrillers. A series featuring #1 books in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.

Born in Yorkshire she worked in the world of art and design after qualifying as an interior designer.

Following ten-years writing historical and contemporary murder mysteries: The Yellow Cottage Vintage Mysteries, The Finch & Fischer series and The Tea & Sympathy mysteries, in 2023 she introduced DCI McNeill of the Edinburgh Serious Crime Unit. Noir thrillers for readers who enjoy dark atmospheric police procedurals. 

Having lived and worked in various parts of the UK and abroad, she now resides in her home town in Yorkshire.