The Assassin

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The Assassin is also available as a play, ‘Murder in the Citizens’ Jury’.  It is currently royalty free for amateur and student theatre productions. Please get in touch if you are interested in staging it. Details here:

https://www.dabaden.com/murder-in-the-citizens-jury/

The Assassin is a novella of 17,000 words. An abridged version is available in the anthology: No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save Our Planet.

You can find out more about the book and the solutions inside, and access a free audio version here.

What people are saying about The Assassin

‘Witty and entertaining, dealing with the most important crisis of today, climate change.’ Sally Lewis, author/playwright).

‘Love it! The combination of dark comedy and menace is a winner’ Rachel Trezise, Prize-winning Author.

‘Dark, funny and eye-opening’ David Fell, prize-winning author and recovering economist.

‘Inspirational and entertaining.’ Dr Matt Winning, comedian and author of Hot Mess.

About the Author

D.A. Baden is Professor of Sustainability at the University of Southampton and has published numerous book chapters and articles in the academic realm, and several novels.  Her first work of fiction was the eco-themed rom-com ‘Habitat Man’ (2021), followed by ‘The Assassin’ in 2022. She edited the anthology, ‘No More Fairy Tales: Stories the Save Our Planet’ and contributed several stories. She wrote the script for a musical, Fidel performed in Southampton and London in 2016, and has written three other screenplays. Her TV script ‘The Assassin’ won the Writing Climate Pitchfest’ in 2024. A play adapted from it ‘Murder in the Citizens’ Jury’ was performed in 2024.

Denise set up the series of free Green Stories writing competitions in 2018 to inspire writers to integrate green solutions into their writing (www.greenstories.org.uk). Denise has worked with BAFTA and other organisations on the #ClimateCharacters project and is listed on the Forbes list of climate leaders changing the TV and film industry. You can find out more at her website or follow her on LinkedIn.