Roger Morris (English writer)

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Roger N Morris (born 1960 in Manchester) is an English historical fiction author and advertising copywriter. [1] [2] His first novel, Taking Comfort, was published by Macmillan New Writing and appeared in April 2006. [3] [4]

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His second novel The Gentle Axe, based on the character Porfiry Petrovich from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment , was published by the Penguin Press in 2007. The review website Kirkus characterised the novel as "Russian Lit Lite" while the New York Times was more positive, stating the novel "in many ways feels less like a modern tribute to Dostoyevsky than a translation of an overlooked novel by one of his contemporary imitators, transported into the present". [5] [6]

In 2010 Morris collaborated with the composer Ed Hughes on a new opera entitled Cocteau In The Underworld, which received work-in-progress performances through the OperaGenesis scheme, a ROH2 initiative with the support of the Genesis Foundation. [7] [8] With the novel Summon Up the Blood, released in 2012, Morris started the Inspector Silas Quinn series of novels set in 1910s London. The sixth and latest Quinn release was in 2020, with the mystery The Music Box Enigma. [9] [10]

Morris has twice been shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association award. The first time in 2008 for his novel A Vengeful Longing for the Gold Dagger, and then again in 2011 The Cleansing Flames was in the running for the CWA Historical Dagger. [11] [12]

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  1. ↑ "R. N. Morris". Penguin Random House . Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Roger Morris". Pan Macmillan Australia. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Hocking, Ian (1 April 2006). "Roger Morris: Taking Comfort". Spike Magazine . Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Dooley, Ben (2 May 2007). "Pocket Totems: Taking Comfort by Roger Morris". The Millions . Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "THE GENTLE AXE". Kirkus Reviews . 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Schillinger, Liesl (18 May 2007). "Book Review: The Gentle Axe". New York Times . Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Genesis Foundation and Royal Opera House Create OperaGenesis". www.genesisfoundation.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  8. ↑ Clements, Andrew (24 August 2010). "Les Enfants Terribles". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Melton, Emily (2012). "Summon Up the Blood". Booklist . Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "The Music Box Enigma". Publishers Weekly . Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Gold Dagger 2008 Shortlisted". Crime Writers' Association . Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Historical Dagger 2011 Shortlisted". Crime Writers' Association . Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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