Stuart Turton (born 1980) is an English author and journalist. His first novel, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018) was a bestseller internationally and won a number of awards including the 2018 Costa Book Award for First Novel. His most recent novel, The Last Murder at the End of the World, went to number one on the Sunday Times Bestseller list. His books have sold over one million copies in the US and UK.