Stephanie Merritt/SJ Parris
@stephmerritt.bsky.social
Author & journalist. Sunday Times #1 best-selling Giordano Bruno series. Reviews for The Observer. Sometimes on the radio. Rep’d by Jonny Geller/Curtis Brown 📚🗞️🎙️✍🏼
Just been to see this with my son and honestly, give yourselves the gift of this movie, it’s gorgeous #balladofwallisisland
June 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just been to see this with my son and honestly, give yourselves the gift of this movie, it’s gorgeous #balladofwallisisland
Lovely review for Traitor’s Legacy in @theobserveruk.bsky.social yesterday! 🙏🏼
June 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Lovely review for Traitor’s Legacy in @theobserveruk.bsky.social yesterday! 🙏🏼
Having a lovely time at @hayfestival.bsky.social - talked about Traitor’s Legacy alongside @tracychevalier.bsky.social & her brilliant The Glass Maker - thanks to everyone who came & bought books!
May 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Having a lovely time at @hayfestival.bsky.social - talked about Traitor’s Legacy alongside @tracychevalier.bsky.social & her brilliant The Glass Maker - thanks to everyone who came & bought books!
Lads, I’ve done a bestseller! 🥳 Thank you to everyone who’s bought it, I’m over the moon 🙏🏼 8️⃣
May 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Lads, I’ve done a bestseller! 🥳 Thank you to everyone who’s bought it, I’m over the moon 🙏🏼 8️⃣
First review is in for Traitor’s Legacy - very pleased to have this from @thetimes.com!
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
May 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
First review is in for Traitor’s Legacy - very pleased to have this from @thetimes.com!
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Bringing all the mad late-Elizabethan rizz to a bookshop/festival near you VERY SOON - come & say hi, I’ll sign your books, answer your questions*, bless your pets, whatever you like ✍🏼 (more dates to come for June onwards)
*restrictions apply
*restrictions apply
March 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bringing all the mad late-Elizabethan rizz to a bookshop/festival near you VERY SOON - come & say hi, I’ll sign your books, answer your questions*, bless your pets, whatever you like ✍🏼 (more dates to come for June onwards)
*restrictions apply
*restrictions apply
Bit much?
February 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bit much?
Gee, I wonder 🤷🏻♀️
February 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Gee, I wonder 🤷🏻♀️
Today, The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, 3pm!
February 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Today, The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, 3pm!
February 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Behold - the indie bookshops special edition of Traitor’s Legacy, with my first ever spredges!! A thing of beauty, I hope you’ll agree - out in May, available to pre-order now at the link below 🗡️🗝️
harpercollins.co.uk/pages/traito...
harpercollins.co.uk/pages/traito...
January 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Behold - the indie bookshops special edition of Traitor’s Legacy, with my first ever spredges!! A thing of beauty, I hope you’ll agree - out in May, available to pre-order now at the link below 🗡️🗝️
harpercollins.co.uk/pages/traito...
harpercollins.co.uk/pages/traito...
January 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Hello! Popping by briefly to say, hope everyone had a happy Christmas, and if you've run out of things to read, my collection of historical crime novellas (prequels to the Bruno series) is part of the 12 Days of Kindle offer until Twelfth Night, a bargain at 99p 🗡️🩸
www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Winter-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Winter-...
December 27, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Hello! Popping by briefly to say, hope everyone had a happy Christmas, and if you've run out of things to read, my collection of historical crime novellas (prequels to the Bruno series) is part of the 12 Days of Kindle offer until Twelfth Night, a bargain at 99p 🗡️🩸
www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Winter-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Winter-...
Every year since he was quite small I’ve taken my son out for dinner & a Christmas show - this year it was the great Tim Key at the Sam Wanamaker (lovely intimate venue for comedy, not ideal if part of the show involves projections on a screen, just saying). Signing off for now - happy Christmas!
December 23, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Every year since he was quite small I’ve taken my son out for dinner & a Christmas show - this year it was the great Tim Key at the Sam Wanamaker (lovely intimate venue for comedy, not ideal if part of the show involves projections on a screen, just saying). Signing off for now - happy Christmas!
Feeling very festive now after a fabulous programme of Christmas music from the Elysian Singers (feat. @eggsbened.bsky.social) at St Giles 🎄
December 19, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Feeling very festive now after a fabulous programme of Christmas music from the Elysian Singers (feat. @eggsbened.bsky.social) at St Giles 🎄
Very exciting early Christmas present - bound proofs of my new historical crime novel, start of a new series, out May next year! 🗡️🩸 #traitorslegacy
December 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Very exciting early Christmas present - bound proofs of my new historical crime novel, start of a new series, out May next year! 🗡️🩸 #traitorslegacy
Apologies to my friends & loved ones but I will not be speaking to anyone over Christmas as I’ve just got the new @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social proof 🤩
December 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Apologies to my friends & loved ones but I will not be speaking to anyone over Christmas as I’ve just got the new @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social proof 🤩
Another grey day cheered by the warmth, humour & spirit of my Observer & Guardian friends & colleagues on the picket line. Bravo to everyone who has worked so hard to organise these 4 days of action, especially @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social & @carolecadwalla.bsky.social #savetheobserver 💪🏼🪧
December 13, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Another grey day cheered by the warmth, humour & spirit of my Observer & Guardian friends & colleagues on the picket line. Bravo to everyone who has worked so hard to organise these 4 days of action, especially @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social & @carolecadwalla.bsky.social #savetheobserver 💪🏼🪧
Finished my final proof-read of the new book! Proofs coming in the new year for reviewers etc. Now off to the Observer picket line 💪🏼🪧
(first book in over a decade not to include my Twitter link…)
(first book in over a decade not to include my Twitter link…)
December 13, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Finished my final proof-read of the new book! Proofs coming in the new year for reviewers etc. Now off to the Observer picket line 💪🏼🪧
(first book in over a decade not to include my Twitter link…)
(first book in over a decade not to include my Twitter link…)
This needs to be a Class A controlled substance
December 12, 2024 at 1:31 PM
This needs to be a Class A controlled substance
Great night launching What I Believe, an anthology based on the podcast by @humanists.uk - thanks to @nataliehaynes.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social & @andrewcopson.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion
#humanism
#humanism
December 11, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Great night launching What I Believe, an anthology based on the podcast by @humanists.uk - thanks to @nataliehaynes.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social & @andrewcopson.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion
#humanism
#humanism
Also: is this meant to inspire confidence?? 😬
December 6, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Also: is this meant to inspire confidence?? 😬
Feels like there’s a crucial bit of the story missing in Tortoise’s account of how this deal came about 🤔🛥️
December 6, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Feels like there’s a crucial bit of the story missing in Tortoise’s account of how this deal came about 🤔🛥️
Good to see so many Observer friends & colleagues on the picket line at King’s Place today. Hoping that GNM management will reconsider this senseless deal. If @sonia-sodha.bsky.social’s amazing face-art doesn’t convince them, I don’t know what will 💪🏼🐧 #savetheobserver
December 5, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Good to see so many Observer friends & colleagues on the picket line at King’s Place today. Hoping that GNM management will reconsider this senseless deal. If @sonia-sodha.bsky.social’s amazing face-art doesn’t convince them, I don’t know what will 💪🏼🐧 #savetheobserver
I don’t know how I’ve managed to keep this a secret, but the news is now out there - VERY excited to be representing my alma mater in the Christmas series of University Challenge!! Alongside @quellist1.bsky.social @jennykleeman.bsky.social & Prof John Zarnecki 👩🏻🎓
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
December 4, 2024 at 11:17 PM
I don’t know how I’ve managed to keep this a secret, but the news is now out there - VERY excited to be representing my alma mater in the Christmas series of University Challenge!! Alongside @quellist1.bsky.social @jennykleeman.bsky.social & Prof John Zarnecki 👩🏻🎓
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...