She was Deputy Literary Editor of The Observer from 1998 to 2005 and currently writes for The Observer and The Guardian, in addition to writing novels - under her own name as well as the pseudonym S. The prequel novellas that make up The Dead of Winter have been published separately as e-books as well.Stephanie Jane Merritt (born 1974 in Surrey) is an English literary critic and writer who has contributed to publications including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, the New Statesman, New Humanist and Die Welt. The Dead of Winter (2020) (collects three prequel novellas: The Secret Dead (2014), The Academy of Secrets (2020) and A Christmas Requiem (2020)).

Series based on the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno (1548–1600)

During 20, she curated the Talks and Debates programme on issues in contemporary arts and politics at London's Soho Theatre. Merritt has appeared regularly as a critic and panellist on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra, has been a judge for the Costa Biography Award and the Orange New Writing Award as well as the Perrier Award, and is a regular interviewer and author at literary festivals, as well as the National Theatre. She has also written a memoir, The Devil Within, published by Vermilion in 2008 and shortlisted for the Mind Book Award, which discusses her experiences living with clinical depression. It was followed by Prophecy (2011) Sacrilege (2012), Treachery (2014), Conspiracy (2016) and Execution (2020). In 2010, Heresy was published, her first novel in the series of historical fiction thrillers featuring Giordano Bruno. Her second novel was Real (2005), about a struggling young playwright, for which she was also commissioned to write the screenplay. Merritt's first novel Gaveston ( Faber & Faber) won a Betty Trask Award from the Society of Authors in 2002. Merritt read English at Queens' College, and graduated from Cambridge University in 1996. Stephanie Jane Merritt (born 1974 in Surrey) is an English literary critic and writer who has contributed to publications including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, the New Statesman, New Humanist and Die Welt.

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