Asia Mackay


Asia Brooke Mackay is a British author. Her novels include Killing It, a Comedy Women in Print Prize runner-up, and A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage.

Early life and education

Mackay was born in East London to Scottish peer Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw and Rina Siew Yong. Mackay graduated with a degree in Anthropology from Durham University. Through the Comedy Women in Print Prize, she won a place in the University of Hertfordshire's MA Creative Writing programme.

Career

Ahead of its release, Mackay's debut novel came second in the Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller competition. In 2017, Bonnier Zaffre acquired the rights to publish Mackay's debut novel Killing It in 2018. Killing It was named a thriller of the month by John Dugdale of The Sunday Times and a runner-up for the Comedy Women in Print Prize in the Published Novel category. This was followed by a sequel The Nursery, published in 2019.
In 2023, Wildfire acquired the rights to publish Mackay's third novel A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage in 2025. Georgia Tennant and Kyle Soller narrated the audiobook. A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage was longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize.

Personal life

Mackay married Andrew Trotter at Langholm Parish Church in 2007. They have four children.

''Alexis Taylor''

  • Killing It
  • ''The Nursery''

    Standalones

  • A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage
  • ''Self-Help for Serial Killers''