Alice Feeney

Alice Feeney is a British novelist and former journalist, writing in the mystery and thriller genres.

Biography

Feeney was born in 1978 and grew up in Essex.
Before becoming a published writer, she joined the BBC at 21 under the name Alison Feeney-Hart, where she would work as a producer and journalist for 15 or 16 years. She became a producer for the One O'clock News, and also a reporter and news editor, and producer for arts and entertainment programmes.
Feeney started writing her first novel, Sometimes I Lie, when she was 30, writing in her spare time and on the train to work. She took the Faber Academy writing course, finishing the book and course around the same time.

Adaptations

In 2019, Fox bought the television rights to Sometimes I Lie, and in November 2019 a project for a television series starring Feeney enthusiast Sarah Michelle Gellar was revealed. Robin Swicord was engaged to adapt the book, and Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman, as well as Gellar and Swicord, were to be executive producers. In 2020, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Campo, and Endeavor Content acquired the television rights to His & Hers. The series adaptation of the book premiered on Netflix on January 8, 2026. Her book Rock Paper Scissors will also be adapted into a series on Netflix.