Dr Chris Merritt
Author and Clinical Psychologist
I studied Geography at Oxford University before joining the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. There, I worked as a diplomat in Iraq and Jerusalem before leaving to retrain as a psychologist. I practised in clinical psychology in the UK National Health Service for six years, while studying for a doctorate at King's College London.
After completing my doctorate in 2016, I worked as a programme manager on the Wellcome Trust's African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI) at King's. Now, I consult on psychology for businesses and write.
I’ve authored academic papers and blogs on psychology, mental health, technology and parkour.
In 2014 I began writing crime fiction, and my debut novel Bring Her Back was published in March 2018 by Bookouture. This was followed by two more books featuring detectives Zac Boateng and Kat Jones. My second series - psychological serial-killer thrillers starring detective Dan Lockhart and psychologist Dr Lexi Green - published in 2020-21, and my new book, a standalone psychological thriller, was released in September 2021.