Daphne Woolsoncroft

Daphne Woolsoncroft is a thriller author and podcaster drawn to the shadowy corners of human nature. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she found her creative pulse deepened by the mist-laced forests and rain-slicked streets of Oregon, where she lived for several years. Her debut thriller, Night Watcher—set in gloomy Portland—will be published by Grand Central Publishing in July 2025.

Daphne is also the co-host of the acclaimed true crime podcast Going West, which she created with her husband, Heath Merryman, in 2019.

When she’s not chasing down stories of the strange and sinister, Daphne can be found sinking into films at the cinema or curled up on the couch of her California home with a good book -preferably a literary classic or terrifying modern horror- alongside her loyal English bulldog, Dewey.