Stewart Ferris

Stewart Ferris is a British writer from Chichester. He first came to prominence with books based on working holidays busking in mainland Europe: ''The Buskers' Guide to Europe'', ''Don't Lean Out of the Window'' and ''Don't Mention the War'', (the latter two co-authored with Paul Bassett). With Alastair Williams he co-founded Summersdale Publishers in 1990. He was nominated one of Britain's 'Most Eligible Bachelors' by '' Company'' magazine (1996) and wrote a series of tongue-in-cheek guides to relationships and dating.

His television work includes writing episodes of ''Pokémon'', co-writing and performing the theme song to Channel 4's '' Meet Ricky Gervais'', and writing and presenting the documentary ''The Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau'' (2006).

He has written over forty books, including ''The Key to The Da Vinci Code'' (Crombie Jardine, 2005), ''Tish and Pish: How to be of a Speakingness like Stephen Fry'' (Summersdale, 2005) and ''How to be a Writer'' (Summersdale, 2013). His debut novel, ''The Sphinx Scrolls'' (Headline Accent, 2016), was followed by a series of light-hearted novels and novellas all featuring a Bertie Wooster influenced hero, Ratty Ballashiels. The works include: ''The Sphinx Swindle'' (Headline Accent, 2017); ''The Dali Diaries'' (Headline Accent, 2017); ''The Genesis Glitch'' (Headline Accent, 2017); ''The Chaplin Conspiracy'' (Headline Accent, 2018).

He is currently studying for a PhD in Creative Writing.

References

External links

Stewart Ferris official websiteTV credits on IMDB.com

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British male singer-songwriters
British non-fiction writers
British male novelists
British male screenwriters
British television presenters
Male non-fiction writers

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