Mickey Mayhew

Mickey Mayhew is a disabled author and historian from London, working mainly on Mary Queen of Scots, Anne Boleyn, and the Romanovs; his PhD covered the contentious online ‘cults’ surrounding both Mary and Anne. He wrote ‘The Little Book of Mary Queen of Scots’ (The History Press) in 2014 and then ‘I love the Tudors’ (Pitkin Publishing) in 2016. ‘House of Tudor – A Grisly History’ and ‘Imprisoning Mary Queen of Scots – The Men Who Kept the Stuart Queen’ were released by Pen & Sword Books in 2022. ‘Rasputin and his Russian Queen – The True Story of Grigory and Alexandra’ was released in March 2023, with the highly controversial ‘The Anne Boleyn Bible’ following in November, both also from Pen & Sword Books.

Previously to this, he co-authored three books relating to Jack the Ripper for the Whitechapel Society (again, The History Press), whilst fictional work included the urban fantasy trilogy ‘The Barrow Boys of Barking’, beginning with ‘Jack and the Lad’ and concluding with ‘Jamie’s Big Bang’. His tongue-in-cheek memoir ‘Mickeypedia’ is still available, with proceeds going to the Anna Kennedy Online autism charity. In August 2025, the first volume of the ‘Dear Boss’ trilogy was published, a fictional take on the aforementioned Jack the Ripper murders, but with a decidedly modern twist. Also released in 2025 was ‘The Romanovs Under House Arrest: The Russian Revolution and A Royal Family’s Imprisonment in their Palace’, again from Pen & Sword Books.

Currently - and with the help of several academics and film directors - Mickey is working on what might be considered the definitive biography of American serial killer Ed Gein, as well as researching a new project concerning the six wives of Henry VIII.