Alaina Urquhart is an American podcaster, writer, and producer from the greater Boston area of Massachusetts. She co-hosts Morbid: A True Crime Podcast with her niece, Ash Kelly. Before becoming a full-time author, Urquhart worked as an autopsy technician for five years. She did not attend college. Urquhart released her debut novel, The Butcher and the Wren, in 2022. She is a mother of three children and is married to John.