Novelist, screenwriter, script editor and screenwriting lecturer, she's worked on BAFTA winning TV, New York Festival winning audio drama and written original sitcoms. Previously she worked for BBC Comedy Commissioning as well as writing and script editing across multiple genres.
Most recently, Merle completed her third espionage novel in the Eli Amiram series, The Protocols of Spying. The second Honour Among Spies, was a Sunday Times Thriller of 2024 and the first in the series, The Righteous Spy, won the Little Brown/UEA Crime Fiction Award. It was described by the judge as 'outstanding.'