After her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned to the 1940s and wrote THE NIGHT WATCH, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for both the Orange and the Man Booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his. Prepare yourself. From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us, now comes a chilling ghost story.

萨拉·沃特斯（Sarah Waters），出生于英国威尔士，文学博士，曾获“贝蒂特拉斯克文学奖”、“毛姆文学奖”，两次入围“莱思纪念奖”。《荆棘之城》、《守夜》和《小小陌生人》均入围“布克奖”和“柑橘奖”，《荆棘之城》还获得“CWA历史犯罪类小说匕首奖”。《轻舔丝绒》、《半身》、《荆棘之城》和《守夜》都已被改编成影视作品并热播，《小小陌生人》影视版权已被好莱坞购买。

目前，萨拉是全职小说作家，和恋人、两只猫生活在伦敦肯宁顿一栋维多利亚风格的公寓顶层，屋顶高高的，曾是佣人房。