The bestselling author of The Essex Serpent has been announced as the new chancellor of the University of Essex.
Dr Sarah Perry, whose 2016 novel was adapted for screen in the eponymous Apple TV series The Essex Serpent, starring Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes, hails from the county.
She has also written the novels Melmoth, After Me Comes The Flood, and the non-fiction Essex Girls.
Dr Perry said: “It is a great honour to be appointed as the chancellor of the University of Essex.
“I am very proud to be an Essex girl: the history, landscape and spirit of Essex are all lodged in my heart and at the centre of my work, and so I’m excited to contribute to the university’s rich academic heritage and share in its future.
