About


S R Masters grew up around Birmingham in the UK. After receiving a Philosophy degree from Cambridge University, he moved to Oxford to study, and work in, public health. 

His short fiction and novels have been published internationally. Labelled as "a writer to watch" by Publishers Weekly, he is the author of THE KILLER YOU KNOW (Little, Brown), THE TRIAL (HarperCollins), and HOW TO KILL WITH KINDNESS (HarperCollins). 

As well as dramatic rights for his novel THE TRIAL being optioned by The Forge, he has also written original material for television and film.  
 
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Before my debut novel, I wrote some short stories. One even won and award. You can read a list of those here, with some links if you'd like to read the stories themselves: Short Stories.

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