Jenny Morris – författare

... this book makes a cogent yet impassioned argument that the discourse of care and caring is inappropriate ... It deserves to be widely read, discussed and acted upon.' - Journal of Gender Studies 'The author ... has produced a piece of research that not only needs to be read and acted upon by as many people as possible, but which is written in a style that is digestible and enjoyable to read.' - Jim Thomas, Nursing Times 'This is the clearest, most compelling book on what disabled people want from 'community care' that I have ever read, ... it is destined to become one of the most influential pieces of writing in this area.' - S. Baldwin, Director, Social Policy Research Unit, York 'This is an important study which examines independent living both as the expressed wish of disabled people and as a central objective of Government policy ... Let's hope all those involved in community care don't just read it but make sure it changes their provision and practice.' - Michael Oliver, Professor of Disability Studies, University of Greenwich 'This is quite simply a marvellous text. It will boost the morale of disabled people, and widen the thinking of non-disabled policy-makers and professionals. To everyone it challenges the damaging and discriminatory images of passive and dependent disabled people to which we are all subject.' - Disability Now

'...this book makes a cogent yet impassioned argument that the discourse of care and caring is inappropriate...It deserves to be widely read, discussed and acted upon.' - Journal of Gender Studies;'The author...has produced a piece of research that not only needs to be read and acted upon by as many people as possible, but which is written in a style that is digestible and enjoyable to read.' - Jim Thomas, Nursing Times;'This is the clearest, most compelling book on what disabled people want from 'community care' that I have ever read,...it is destined to become one of the most influential pieces of writing in this area.' - S. Baldwin, Director, Social Policy Research Unit, York 'This is an important study which examines independent living both as the expressed wish of disabled people and as a central objective of Government policy...Let's hope all those involved in community care don't just read it but make sure it changes their provision and practice.' - Michael Oliver, Professor of Disability Studies, University of Greenwich 'This is quite simply a marvellous text. It will boost the morale of disabled people, and widen the thinking of non-disabled policy-makers and professional

'[A] belting debut . . . This is high-concept, high-octane, hi-jinks and I'm here for it' Maz Evans‘This original read is dark, funny and gripping’ heat, Book of the WeekHow to Kill Your Family meets The Power in this entertaining and thought-provoking read, that asks:  If you had the power between life and death, what would you do?  Thea has a secret.She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them.Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she finds out the hard way when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out.Desperate to save her, Thea touches the arm of the man responsible when he comes to check if Ruth is all right. As Ruth comes to, the man quietly slumps to the ground, dead.Thea realises that she has a godlike power: but despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit.Boss annoying her at work? She can take some life from them and give it as a tip to her masseuse for a great job.Creating an ‘Ethical Guide to Murder’ helps Thea to focus her new-found skills.But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought.How can she really know who deserves to die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?‘Jenny Morris’ remarkable debut novel resembles Naomi Alderman’s The Power, but she limits the ability to harm and sets the story in the present, not the future…(a) clever, beguiling novel’ The Times‘Relatable, poignant, and filled with unexpected twists, An Ethical Guide to Murder is near-impossible to put down. I was hooked all the way up to the ending, which I can't stop thinking about. A must-read for 2025’ Jenny Hollander‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is a fabulous book! Jenny Morris has taken the "with great power comes great responsibility" concept and applied it to someone who struggles to be responsible for her own laundry. Thea is a relatable, messy character whose trials and tribulations kept me laughing all the way to the emotional gut punch. What a marvellous debut!’ Alice Bell‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is the best type of book – one that’s as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. With Thea, Jenny Morris has created one of the most interesting characters that I’ve read in a long time’ Kellye Garrett

'[A] belting debut . . . This is high-concept, high-octane, hi-jinks and I'm here for it' Maz EvansHow to Kill Your Family meets The Power in this entertaining and thought-provoking read, that asks:  If you had the power between life and death, what would you do?  Thea has a secret.She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them.Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she finds out the hard way when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out.Desperate to save her, Thea touches the arm of the man responsible when he comes to check if Ruth is all right. As Ruth comes to, the man quietly slumps to the ground, dead.Thea realises that she has a godlike power: but despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit.Boss annoying her at work? She can take some life from them and give it as a tip to her masseuse for a great job.Creating an ‘Ethical Guide to Murder’ helps Thea to focus her new-found skills.But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought.How can she really know who deserves to die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?‘Relatable, poignant, and filled with unexpected twists, An Ethical Guide to Murder is near-impossible to put down. I was hooked all the way up to the ending, which I can't stop thinking about. A must-read for 2025’ Jenny Hollander‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is a fabulous book! Jenny Morris has taken the "with great power comes great responsibility" concept and applied it to someone who struggles to be responsible for her own laundry. Thea is a relatable, messy character whose trials and tribulations kept me laughing all the way to the emotional gut punch. What a marvellous debut!’ Alice Bell‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is the best type of book – one that’s as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. With Thea, Jenny Morris has created one of the most interesting characters that I’ve read in a long time’ Kellye Garrett

How to Kill Your Family meets The Power in this entertaining and thought-provoking read, that asks: if you had the power between life and death, what would you do?  Thea has a secret. She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them. Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she finds out the hard way when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out. Desperate to save her, Thea touches the arm of the man responsible when he comes to check if Ruth is all right. As Ruth comes to, the man quietly slumps to the ground, dead.Thea realises that she has a godlike power: but despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit. Boss annoying her at work? She can take some life from them and give it as a tip to her masseuse for a great job. Creating an ‘Ethical Guide to Murder’ helps Thea to focus her new-found skills. But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought.How can she really know who deserves to die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?‘Relatable, poignant, and filled with unexpected twists’ Jenny Hollander, author of Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead‘Jenny Morris has taken the "with great power comes great responsibility" concept and applied it to someone who struggles to be responsible for her own laundry. A marvellous debut!’ Alice Bell, author of Grave Expectations ‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is the best type of book – one that’s as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. With Thea, Jenny Morris has created one of the most interesting characters that I’ve read in a long time’ Kellye Garrett, award winning author of Missing White Woman‘Fresh and fun, I loved this original take on the crime genre. Combining ethics with a good old revenge story, I raced through this unexpectedly poignant novel. A fabulous debut!’ Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man

The new high-concept, high-octane thriller from the author of An Ethical Guide to Murder.The world is ending, but that’s not what this story is about. Nat’s a scientist, determined to be in control of her own destiny. Not so easy when her twin, Raya, can predict the future. As Nat’s on the cusp of academic success, Raya announces the end is nigh – in exactly five years to the day – leaving Nat to pick up the pieces of her estranged and spiralling family.As word gets out, people turn to Raya for answers, camping out in the grounds of the family summer house. But Nat knows that real answers come from a textbook. As the group becomes volatile, she uses research-backed and increasingly coercive tactics to keep the peace, enjoying leadership more than she likes to admit. But is it really a doomsday cult when the world actually is ending? And it’s not murder when everyone’s going to die anyway, right?As the end gets closer and the world outside the summer house becomes more chaotic, Nat’s control over the group is tested. Then they start asking questions she doesn’t have the answers to: How should they prepare? How should they spend their limited time left? What really matters at the end? And is Raya telling the truth?

The new high-concept, high-octane thriller from the author of An Ethical Guide to Murder.The world is ending, but that’s not what this story is about. Nat’s a scientist, determined to be in control of her own destiny. Not so easy when her twin, Raya, can predict the future. As Nat’s on the cusp of academic success, Raya announces the end is nigh – in exactly five years to the day – leaving Nat to pick up the pieces of her estranged and spiralling family.As word gets out, people turn to Raya for answers, camping out in the grounds of the family summer house. But Nat knows that real answers come from a textbook. As the group becomes volatile, she uses research-backed and increasingly coercive tactics to keep the peace, enjoying leadership more than she likes to admit. But is it really a doomsday cult when the world actually is ending? And it’s not murder when everyone’s going to die anyway, right?As the end gets closer and the world outside the summer house becomes more chaotic, Nat’s control over the group is tested. Then they start asking questions she doesn’t have the answers to: How should they prepare? How should they spend their limited time left? What really matters at the end? And is Raya telling the truth?

Three women. One toxic ex. And a breakup that might kill them, in this dark, propulsive thriller with a feminist revenge edge, from the author of An Ethical Guide to Murder.You can’t fix him. But you can end him.Ivy thought heartbreak was the worst thing he could do.Then came the headaches. The exhaustion. The hair falling out.And every doctor telling her it was all in her head.Until Roisin turns up on her doorstep with the same symptoms, the same ex – and a theory she can’t ignore: he did this to us.Their ex – charming, obsessive, impossible to quit – has been draining the life out of his girlfriends. Literally.And now he’s onto someone new. Evanthe.Ivy, Roisin and Evanthe aren’t going to be his victims anymore.They’re taking their lives back – whatever it takes.But revenge is a dangerous game, especially when it turns supernatural.Because monsters don’t always look like monsters.And he still knows exactly how to get under their skin.He’s the problem. They’re the solution.

Jenny Morris has a gift for observation translated into fresh and lyrical imagery. In Eye Level she looks beneath the surface of memory with a wistful but never sentimental gaze. Here ‘memory stains your bones’ and we enter a landscape where mortality is never far away, yet there is also hope and resilience here, the ways in which we pass on hope to the generations below us because ‘The story must go on and on.’ Along the way, ancestors are honoured, the places and people who form us are witnessed and new generations are celebrated.Eye Level is a compassionate and intelligent collection leavened with verbal dexterity and wry humour from a mature and accomplished voice. A delight to read and re-read.

In Domestic Damage, Jenny Morris explores a range of dysfunctional environments, strange relationships and experiences on the margins. Her work is lyrical, her imagery compressed and precise and her observation razor-sharp. The results are intelligent poems that see life sideways, that are not afraid to look into the shadows and the dark, but always with a compassionate gaze. Imaginative and poignant, but never sentimental; unflinching in the face of the gruesome, but never gratuitous, this is poetry that questions and reveals without judging; a mature and accomplished collection.