Chris Whitaker is a British author known for his emotionally gripping crime novels. He gained attention with his debut Tall Oaks (2016), which won the CWA New Blood Dagger Award, but it was his 2020 novel We Begin at the End that brought him widespread acclaim, winning the Gold Dagger Award. Whitaker’s writing is praised for its rich character development and blending of crime with literary fiction. His personal experiences, including surviving a violent mugging as a teenager, have influenced the darker, more introspective themes in his work.