Alex Finlay is a pseudonym for the author of The Night Shift. He released his debut novel, Every Last Fear, in 2021. Like The Night Shift, Finlay’s first thriller also features FBI Agent Sarah Keller and employs a narrative style that incorporates multiple perspectives and scenes that alternate between the past and the present. Beneath its many plot twists, Every Last Fear explores how families cope with tragedy and heartache. Following The Night Shift, Finlay released his third novel, What Have We Done (2023), which is best categorized as a coming-of-age story whose characters must confront their childhood trauma, a theme that echoes those in The Night Shift. Finlay’s fourth thriller, If Something Happens to Me, was published in May of 2024 and is narrated by multiple characters in what has become a quintessential element of the author’s writing style. Finlay’s novels have become immediate successes and have been translated into at least 24 languages and optioned for film and television adaptations.

According to Finlay, he uses a pen name for his thriller novels in order to separate his works of fiction from the books he has written as a lawyer in Washington, DC.