Mick Herron is a British mystery and thriller novelist born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1963. He is best known for his Slough House series, which follows the activities of a group of British intelligence agents. The series has achieved significant recognition both in print and on screen, having been adapted into the television series Slow Horses. Herron's work has been recognized with major awards in the crime fiction genre. He won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in 2013 for Dead Lions, one of his novels in the Slough House series. In 2025, he received the Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association, an honor recognizing lifetime achievement in crime writing.