▁literary ▁device , ▁The ▁Ch atto ▁Book ▁of ▁the ▁Dev il , ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁and ▁The ▁Ant ar ctic , ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁Sp uff ord ▁had ▁written ▁a ▁novel , ▁The ▁Stone ▁Table , ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁universe ▁of ▁C . ▁S . ▁Lewis ’ s ▁N arn ia ▁series , ▁during ▁the ▁time ▁between ▁The ▁Mag ician ' s ▁Nep hew ▁and ▁The ▁Lion , ▁the ▁W itch ▁and ▁the ▁Ward ro be . ▁Sp uff ord ▁distributed ▁self - print ed ▁copies ▁to ▁friends . ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁pra ised ▁as ▁a ▁" se am less ▁recre ation ▁of ▁Lewis ’ s ▁writing - style ", ▁and ▁Sp uff ord ▁hoped ▁to ▁obtain ▁permission ▁from ▁the ▁C . ▁S . ▁Lewis ▁estate ▁to ▁publish ▁it ▁commer cially . ▁In ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁permission , ▁the ▁earliest ▁publication ▁date ▁would ▁be ▁ 2 0 3 4 , ▁sevent y ▁years ▁after ▁Lewis ’ s ▁death , ▁when ▁the ▁copy right ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁books ▁exp ires . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁Sp uff ord ▁lives ▁just ▁outside ▁Cambridge ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society ▁of ▁Liter ature . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁pract ising ▁Christian ▁and ▁is ▁married ▁to ▁an ▁Ang lic an ▁priest , ▁the ▁Re ver end ▁Dr ▁Jess ica ▁Martin , ▁who ▁is ▁a ▁Res ident i ary ▁Can on ▁of ▁E ly ▁C athedral . ▁In