Ben Brooks
Born1992 (age 30–31)
Gloucestershire, England
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
Notable worksGrow 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

References

  1. ↑ WorldCat
  2. ↑ "FENCES by Ben Brooks". Fugue State Press. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Amazon Link. ISBN 1937865517.
  4. ↑ "Stories For Boys Who Dare to be Different". Hachette. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Impossible Boy". Hachette Publishing. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Things They Don't Want You To Know". Quercus.
  7. ↑ "The Complete Guide to What's Inside Frank Ocean's Magazine". The Fader. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Fiction Uncovered". Jerwood Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Children's Book of the Year". National Book Awards. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020.
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