Mary Kubica is the New York Times bestselling author of nine psychological thriller and mystery novels. Her 2024 novel She’s Not Sorry was preceded by the publications of The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, Don’t You Cry, Every Last Lie, When the Lights Go Out, The Other Mrs., Local Woman Missing, and Just the Nicest Couple. Across her fiction catalog, Kubica explores complex psychological and emotional themes within the context of suspenseful narratives. Kubica established herself on the literary stage with her debut The Good Girl, which “was an Indie Next pick in August of 2014, received a Strand Critics Nomination for Best First Novel, and was a nominee in the Goodreads Choice Awards in Debut Goodreads Author and in Mystery & Thriller for 2014” (“About.” Mary Kubica, 2023). Her 2021 novel Local Woman Missing received similar attention and accolades and was also named an Indie Next pick and nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards.

Kubica writes about the places and circumstances that she knows best. For example, Kubica lives in Chicago, Illinois, where She’s Not Sorry takes place.