About Toni

Toni Anderson in a red scarf, black shirt.Photo credit: Erin Clayton Photography.

Toni Anderson® writes gritty, sexy, FBI Romantic Thrillers, and is a New York Times and a USA Today bestselling author.

Originally from a small town in Shropshire, England, Toni studied Marine Biology at university in Liverpool and St. Andrews (yes, you can call her "Dr. Anderson") with the intention she’d never be far from the ocean. That plan backfired and she ended up in the middle of the Canadian prairies. Toni’s greatest achievements are mastering the Tokyo subway, climbing Ben Lomond, snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef, and surviving twenty-plus Winnipeg winters (so far). Toni loves to travel for research purposes and was lucky enough to visit the Strategic Information and Operations Center inside FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and she also got to shove another car off the road during pursuit training at the Writer’s Police Academy in Wisconsin. 

Toni’s books have been translated into six different languages and more than three million copies of her books have been downloaded.


Toni's novels have won many awards including:

  • Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense.
  • National Excellence in Story Telling (NEST) Contest.
  • Golden Quill Award.
  • Heart of Excellence Award.
  • Book Buyers Best Award.
  • New England Readers’ Choice Award.
  • National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award.
  • Aspen Gold.
  • Carolyn Readers’ Choice Awards.

Her books have also been shortlisted for The Jackie Collins Award for Romantic Thrillers in the Romantic Novel Awards, The Romantic Novel Of The Year Award, and, also, finaled in the Vivian Contest, Romance Writers of America® RITA® Award for Romantic Suspense, Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, Holt Medallion, Bookseller’s Best Award and the National Readers’ Choice Awards.

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