Ben Brooks (novelist)
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| Born | 1992 (age 31–32) Gloucestershire, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable works | Grow Up (book) (2011) |
Ben Brooks (born 1992 in Gloucestershire) is the author of the novels: Grow Up,[1] Fences,[2] An Island of Fifty, The Kasahara School of Nihilism, Upward Coast and Sadie, Lolito, Everyone Gets Eaten [3], and Hurra. Writing for children, he has published the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Stories For Boys Who Dare to Be Different,[4] Stories For Boys Who Dare to be Different 2, Stories For Kids Who Dare to be Different, The Impossible Boy,[5] and The Greatest Inventor. His first non-fiction book for adults, Things They Don't Want You To Know,[6] was published by Quercus in September 2020.
He contributed the story 'Kimchi or a Partial List of Misappropriated Hood Ornaments' to Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry, accompanying the release of 2016 album Blonde.[7]
Awards
- 2014 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize for Lolito[8]
- 2015 Somerset Maugham Award for Lolito
- 2018 British National Book Award as 'Children's Book of the Year' for Stories For Boys Who Dare to Be Different[9]
References
- ^ WorldCat
- ^ "FENCES by Ben Brooks". Fugue State Press. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Amazon Link". Amazon.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Stories For Boys Who Dare to be Different". Hachette. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.
- ^ "The Impossible Boy". Hachette Publishing. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Things They Don't Want You To Know". Quercus.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Complete Guide to What's Inside Frank Ocean's Magazine". The Fader. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Fiction Uncovered". Jerwood Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Children's Book of the Year". National Book Awards. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020.