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Mirror in the Sky: The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks
Coming soon from the University of California Press - Morrison's book about the iconic musician, and the book's namesake, Stevie Nicks.
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Featured Books
Bolshoi Confidential
On a freezing night in January 2013, a hooded assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet...
Lina & Serge
Serge Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant composers yet is an enigma to historians and his fans...
The People's Artist
Sergey Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's greatest composers--and one of its greatest mysteries. Until now...
Russian Opera and the Symbolist Movement
This second edition explores music and the occult during the Russian Symbolist movement...
Notable Reviews
On Bolshoi Confidential
The insider look in Bolshoi Confidential is incredibly rich and makes this book a page-turner…Breathtakingly complicated life stories of both people and productions parade through the pages…Its central figures, like Plisetskaya, jump off its pages complex and alive."
—Daria Khitrova, New York Times
On Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev
"Simon Morrison has written a brilliant and riveting tale of love, intrigue, terror, and betrayal that forces us to confront the paradox of how great art can be made by unspeakably cruel and heartless individuals."
—Leon Botstein, music director and conductor, American Symphony Orchestra, and president of Bard College
On The People's Artist
"Simon Morrison has now produced the most definitive study of Prokofiev the Soviet composer in any language, drawing on a wealth of archival material hitherto unavailable...Indispensable to anyone even casually interested in this field."
—Music and Letters
Upcoming Projects
Moskva by Simon Morrison
Morrison signed with Random House on Moskva, a book about Moscow. It is expected to release in 2024.
Shostakovich
Morrison is signed with Norton for a book on the Soviet composer and pianist, Dmitri Shostakovich.
Writings
Morrison has published feature articles and opinion pieces in The New York Times, New York Review of Books, Threepenny Review, London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement and more.
Productions
Morrison has been a Director, Musicologist, Project Coordinator, Collaborator for several ballet and dance performances.
Interviews & Lectures
Morrison is an acclaimed public speaker equally in demand by academic and general audiences.