Asia Mackay | |
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| Born | Asia Brooke Mackay 1980 (age 44–45) |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
| Spouse | Andrew Trotter (m. 2007) |
| Children | 4 |
| Father | Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw |
Asia Brooke Mackay (born 1980) is a British author. Her novels include Killing It (2018), a Comedy Women in Print Prize runner-up, and A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage (2025).
Mackay was born in East London to Scottish peer Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw and Rina Siew Yong. [1] [2] Mackay graduated with a degree in Anthropology from Durham University. [3] Through the Comedy Women in Print Prize, she won a place in the University of Hertfordshire's MA Creative Writing programme. [4]
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. [5] [6] Killing It was named a thriller of the month by John Dugdale of The Sunday Times [7] and a runner-up for the Comedy Women in Print Prize in the Published Novel category. [8] This was followed by a sequel The Nursery, published in 2019. [9]
In 2023, Wildfire (a Hachette UK imprint) acquired the rights to publish Mackay's third novel A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage in 2025. [10] [11] [12] Georgia Tennant and Kyle Soller narrated the audiobook. [13] A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage was longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize.
Mackay married Andrew Trotter at Langholm Parish Church in 2007. They have four children. [14]