The Marlowe Papers is a novel by Ros Barber published in 2012.

[3] The novel, written in blank verse,[4] is a story about the English 16th century poet Christopher Marlowe, contemporary of William Shakespeare.

In this tale, Marlowe's murder in 1593 is a fake and he lives on to write the plays and poems ascribed to Shakespeare.

[5] The Desmond Elliott Prize judges called the book a "unique historical conspiracy story".

"[6] The book was adapted as a play by Barber and Nicola Haydn, performed by Jamie Martin in 2016.