The Devil Within by Stephanie Merritt
Stephanie Merritt has a career as a novelist and journalist, a beautiful son and a supportive family. Why then did she want to kill herself at the age of 29? Why could no one help her? This memoir explores areas of experience commonly associated with depression such as love, solitude and self-medication.
Stephanie Merritt was born in 1974. She graduated in English from Queens' College Cambridge in 1996. She has worked as a critic and feature writer for various publications including the Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Arena, TLS, Zembla and Die Welt, and since 1998 has been Deputy Literary Editor and a staff writer at the Observer. She is the author of two novels, Gaveston (Faber) which won a Betty Trask Award in 2002, and Real (Faber, 2005), for which she is currently writing a screenplay. She has appeared regularly as a critic and panellist on Radio 4 and BBC7 and appeared as interviewer and author at various literary festivals, as well as the National Theatre and the ENO. She is currently at work on a third novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780091917456 |
| ISBN 10 | 009191745X |
| Title | The Devil Within |
| Author | Stephanie Merritt |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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