Sarah Perry Books

Sarah Perry is an English novelist known for bringing Gothic atmosphere and historical detail to stories about belief, science, desire, and belonging. Her novels include *After Me Comes the Flood*, the bestselling *The Essex Serpent*, and *Melmoth*. In *Enlightenment*, she turns to questions of faith and astronomy in a contemporary setting. Perry’s fiction often draws on Victorian literature and the landscapes and history of Essex, combining literary influences with an interest in how people make meaning of the world around them.