S.J. Parris
S.J. Parris is the pen name of Stephanie Merritt, a British author whose Giordano Bruno historical crime series, featuring the real historical philosopher as an intelligence agent in Elizabethan England, is one of the most inventive and intellectually ambitious in historical crime fiction. Her novels blend genuine Renaissance intellectual history with thriller plotting.
Works
- HeresyHistorical thriller set in Elizabethan England blending religious conflict, espionage, and heresy charges
- ProphecyElizabethan-set historical thriller about dangerous religious conspiracies and political intrigue in England
- SacrilegeRenaissance murder mystery involving the Inquisition and papal intrigue in Rome
- TreacheryHistorical thriller set during Elizabethan England's religious conflicts and espionage
- ConspiracyPolitical intrigue and murder during the reign of Elizabeth I