Yve Williams, née Morris,[1] who writes under the name Alex Barclay[2] (born Bayside, Dublin, Ireland in 1974),[3] is an Irish journalist and crime writer.

[1][7] In 2003 key elements of Darkhouse came suddenly to mind,[8] and after discussing a few paragraphs with her husband, Williams left the fashion publishing industry to write the novel.

With three chapters written, a prominent London agent, Darley Anderson, expressed interest and Williams took six months of travelling time to finish the novel's first draft,[9] including a period at the Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat[10] in Eyeries on the Beara Peninsula, and with much of it written in Dunmore East, a seaside resort location similar to one of the main locales of the story.

[citation needed] As Williams thought at the time that she would continue as a journalist and copywriter, and wanted to keep the two writing careers separate, she devised the pseudonym Alex Barclay, which she felt was "the sort of strong name a thriller writer might have.

The book, set in Texas, New York and County Waterford, achieved strong reviews[2][11] and was sold to more than ten markets,[3] and translated into 18 languages.

[18][19] Bryce works with an imaginary FBI group, the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, based in Denver, Colorado.

[16] NYPD Detective Joe Lucchesi FBI Special Agent Ren Bryce The Trials of Oland Born Morris married television director Brian Williams in 2000.