Lyndsay grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and migrated to Belmont, California and graduated from Notre Dame de Namur University with a dual degree in English and Performance. Lyndsay Faye moved to Manhattan in 2005 to audition for work as a professional actress; Her first novel Dust and Shadow: an Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H Watson is a tribute to the aloof genius and his good-hearted friend whose exploits she has loved since childhood. . Faye's love of her adopted city led her to research for her series the Gods of Gotham and Seven for a Secret