S.J. Parris





S.J. Parris

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S.J. Parris began reviewing books for national newspapers while she was reading English literature at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduating, she went on to become Deputy Literary Editor of The Observer in 1999. She continues to work as a feature writer and critic for the Guardian and the Observer and from 2007-2008 she curated and produced the Talks and Debates program on issues in contemporary arts and politics at London's Soho Theatre. She has appeared as a panelist on various Radio Four shows and on BBC2's Newsnight Review, and is a regular chair and presenter at the Hay Festival and the National Theatre. She has been a judge for the Costa Biography Award, the Orange New Writing Award and the Perrier Comedy Award. She lives in the...more


Average rating: 3.67 · 4,089 ratings · 795 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 2,459 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
Prophecy (Giordano Bruno, #2)
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 994 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions
Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno # 3)
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions
Treachery (Giordano Bruno #4)
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions

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“I am a mixture of contradictory elements. Equal parts earth and fire, melancholy and choler, I fear. But it is more that warmth and blue skies stir the blood, do you not think?”
S.J. Parris, Heresy

“I do not believe that any book should be denied to the man who possesses the wisdom to understand it, Bruno, but that does not mean I am confused about where truth lies.”
S.J. Parris, Heresy

“But they argued as lawyers do, they twisted every answer I gave until it sounded like the opposite meaning, and I became so confused and afraid I found myself agreeing to statements that I knew were not true.”
S.J. Parris, Heresy

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