Steven Parissien is a cultural historian at Oxford University who has worked internationally in the educational and heritage sectors. He is currently Director of Studies in Architectural History at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education and Executive Director of Gainsborough’s House Museum in Sudbury, Suffolk.

He has written extensively on architectural and cultural history. His 13 single-authored books to date include Adam Style (Phaidon, 1992) - Apollo magazine's Book of the Year for 1992 and the American Institute of Architects' Book of the Year Choice for 1993; Station to Station (Phaidon, 2001); The Life of the Automobile (Atlantic/Thomas Dunne, 2013/14); The English Railway Station (English Heritage, 2014); The Comfort of the Past (Paul Holberton, 2015) and Building Britannia: A History of Britain in 25 Buildings (Head of Zeus, 2023).