Gillian McAllister


Gillian McAllister is a British Sunday Times bestselling author, known for five novels: debut novel Everything But The Truth, which reached number 6 on the Sunday Times Bestseller lists and deals with themes of trust in relationships. McAllister’s subsequent novels have all been bestsellers, including Anything You Do Say, No Further Questions, The Evidence Against You, and her most recent, How To Disappear, which reached number 8 on the Sunday Times bestseller list.

Life and career

McAllister was born in Sutton Coldfield and raised in Tamworth. After attending Belgrave High School in Tamworth and receiving A-Levels, McAllister read English at the University of Birmingham, receiving a 2:1 BA Hons. She then converted to law, studying the GDL and receiving a commendation. McAllister received a distinction in her Legal Practice Course from The College of Law, before working as a solicitor in two Birmingham-based legal practises.
McAllister wrote fiction in her spare time throughout adulthood, often writing in the evenings and commutes to and from work. She finished her first full novel while suffering from glandular fever for two years. Her debut published novel, Everything But The Truth, was published by Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK,. In its first week, Everything But The Truth reached number six in the Sunday Times Bestseller List. Translation rights have been sold to several foreign publishers. Each of her subsequent novels have been top 20 bestsellers, with her fifth, How To Disappear, hitting the top ten.