Stephen May

Stephen May is the author of five novels including Life! Death! Prizes! which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and The Guardian Not The Booker Prize. He has also been shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year and is a winner of the Media Wales Reader’s Prize. He has also written plays, as well as for television and film. He lives in West Yorkshire.

Sell Us the Rope

May 1907. Young Stalin – poet, bank-robber, spy – is in London for the 5th...

We Don't Die of Love

Luke Greenwood is in crisis. His wife of 32 years, Selena, is leaving him for...

Stronger Than Skin

Mark Chadwick is cycling home, eager to get back to his family, when he sees...

Out today! Sell Us the Rope

Happy publication day to The Bookseller, The Booksellers Association and Hatchards book of the month, Sell Us the Rope!Stephen May's new historical novel follows Stalin's 1907 visit to London. As...

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Sandstone Press signs new novel by Costa shortlisted author Stephen May

Sandstone Press has acquired the world rights to Costa Novel Award shortlisted author Stephen May’s latest novel, Sell Us The Rope. May 1907 and a young Stalin is in London...

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