Profile: Philip Paris

About This Author

Philip Paris is the bestselling author of The Last Witch of Scotland, Waterstones’ Scottish Book of the Year 2024. His work is extremely varied, often inspired by important events or issues that have not previously been covered in the form of a novel, such as The Italian Chapel and Effie’s War. A Fire in Their Hearts, published in August 2025, was inspired by the 17th century Scottish Covenanters and tells of the brutal civil war that raged in Scotland for decades.