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ABOUT STEPHEN
“One day I broke out of the office and went for a long walk across Spain.
After that everything changed for me.”
Stephen R. Marriott is an Amazon bestselling author of literary fiction exploring self-discovery, coming of age, and the paths that change us.
His books are for readers who believe the best stories happen when you leave the map behind. Think transformative journeys through unfamiliar territory, where strangers become guides and detours become destiny.
Marriott's own detour started in 2012. He was working in London stockbroking when he walked away—literally—to spend a month crossing Spain on the Camino de Santiago. That pilgrimage didn't just inspire his debut novella Candyfloss Guitar. It changed everything about how he saw the world.
"A touching tale which will not only have you reaching for the next in the series, but maybe your backpack as well." — Richard Paul Evans, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
ON THE ROAD WITH STEPHEN R. MARRIOTT
Since then, Marriott's travelled to 50+ countries, collecting stories the way some people collect postcards. His books—from the Reluctant Pilgrim trilogy to his upcoming folklore-driven tale—are inspirational fiction that readers describe as 'armchair travel with soul': stories that transport you to places both foreign and strangely familiar, where the landscape changes you as much as you move through it. Kirkus Reviews hailed Santiago's Guitar as a "feel-good tale that should interest anyone with a sense of adventure and curiosity about the wider world.", while readers have called Diego's Guitar, which completes the trilogy, his best work yet.
If you loved The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Wild by Cheryl Strayed, The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield, or Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Marriott's books will feel like home.
When Marriott's not writing or wandering, he splits his time between London and the West Country of England—though he's rarely in one place long enough to unpack properly.
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