Layers

A.G.R. Goff writes psychological thrillers that explore obsession, identity, and the blurred lines between truth and control. Born in Leipzig, East Germany, thirteen years before the Berlin Wall came down, she grew up in a world marked by secrets and division - an influence that continues to echo through her fiction. Her first series, Mind Games, is set in London, New York and South Africa - inspired by places she has lived and worked, and others that have shaped her imagination. Goff often writes about locations she knows intimately, using them as psychological landscapes for her characters' inner conflicts. After living in England and South Africa, she now lives in Spain, where her latest series, False Friends, takes place. Each book in the series uncovers the hidden lives of teachers and students at a language school in Málaga - where mind games, manipulation and grammar intertwine in unsettling ways. When she isn't writing, Goff draws inspiration from languages, cultural contrasts and the psychology of communication - always searching for the stories that lie beneath the surface.