Stephanie Merritt

Stephanie Merritt (born 1974 in Surrey) to Jim and Rita Merritt is a critic and feature writer for various publications including "The Times", the "Daily Telegraph", the "New Statesman", "Zembla" and "Die Welt". Since 1998, she has been Deputy Literary Editor and a staff writer at "The Observer".

Merritt graduated in English from Queens' College, Cambridge in 1996. Prior to this, she attended Godalming College in Surrey. [http://www.godalming.ac.uk/achievements/alumni/]

She is the author of two novels, "Gaveston" (Faber & Faber) which won a Betty Trask Award of £4,000 from the Society of Authors in 2002 [http://www.societyofauthors.net/soa/page_id_sub.php4?parentid=7&pid=52&par_nm=Prizes,%20grants%20and%20awards] , and "Real" (2005), for which she is currently writing a screenplay. She has also written a memoir, "The Devil Within", published by Vermilion is 2008, which discusses her experiences living with depression.

Meritt has appeared regularly as a critic and panellist on BBC Radio 4 and BBC7, has been a judge for the BBC and Channel 4 new comedy awards as well as the Perrier Award, and appeared as interviewer and author at various literary festivals, as well as the National Theatre and the English National Opera.

Bibliography

* cite book
date = April 17, 2008
title = The Devil Within
last = Merritt
first = Stephanie
publisher = Vermilion
id = ISBN 9780091917456
*"Real" (Faber & Faber) - 2005. ISBN 0-571-22263-3
*"Gaveston" (Faber & Faber) - 2002. "Won the Betty Trask Award". ISBN 0-571-21065-1

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/4360136.stm Stephanie Merritt] on the BBC website.
* [http://www.faber.co.uk/author_detail.html?auid=3541&clid= Stephanie Merritt] on the Faber & Faber website.
* [http://www.allenandunwin.com/Shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?ISBN=9780571222643 About the author] on Allen & Unwin.

External links

* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4378766,00.html Review of Gaveston] from The Guardian.
* [http://play.play.com/paperback/real_stephanie.html Review of Real] from Play.com.