She has a PhD in creative writing from Goldsmiths University. Her thesis was about the Gothic, and her books are written in this style. Her first book was shortlisted for the Guardian 'First Book Award' in 2014, while The Essex Serpent went on to win multiple awards including Book of the Year and Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2016, The Waterstones Book of the Year 2016.
She chatted to Abigail Jaggers in 2017 about The Gothic, The Essex Serpent, and audiobooks.
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On Writing In A Gothic Style
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On Writing About The Victorian Age
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On Comparing The Past And Present
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On The Perception Of Victorian Female Characters
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On Religion And Science In 'The Essex Serpent'
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On The Myth Of The Essex Serpent
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On Setting The Book In Essex
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On Victorian Essex
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On Graves Disease & Audiobooks
Listening Books, Charity · Sarah Perry On Juanita McMahon
