Merryn’s first novel, The Silent Village, was published in 2013 becoming a best seller in New Zealand and Australia and was one of three finalists in the The People’s Book Prize competition UK 2015. Her subsequent novels, The Paris Inheritance and The Peacock Room were also best sellers in New Zealand. The Peacock Room made the UK WH Smiths summer holiday choice reads 2019. The most recent of her 5 novels, The Bridge at Dolceacqua was published in 2023.