D. E. Meredith is the author of the historical crime series featuring the first forensic scientist, Professor Adolphus Hatton, and his trusty French morgue assistant, Albert Roumande.

After reading English at Cambridge, D. E. Meredith ran the press office at the British Red Cross, where she oversaw media response all international humanitarian disasters, and spearheaded the landmines campaign. She travelled extensively to humanitarian disasters, including Rwanda, Bosnia, Cambodia and Afghanistan. She lives with her family in south-west London and is currently writing the Hatton and Roumande Mystery series for Thomas Dunne Books/St Martin's Minotaur.