Ben Brooks (novelist) explained

Ben Brooks
Birth Place:Gloucestershire, England
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:British
Notableworks:Grow Up (2011)

Ben Brooks (born 1992 in Gloucestershire) is an English writer best known for writing 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, was published by Quercus in September 2020.[6]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grow up | WorldCat.org. search.worldcat.org. 24 April 2024. 24 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240424134237/https://search.worldcat.org/title/721920396. live.
  2. Web site: FENCES by Ben Brooks . Fugue State Press . 15 January 2010 . 17 February 2012 . 11 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111111171645/http://www.fuguestatepress.com/fences.html . live .
  3. Book: Amazon Link . 1937865517.
  4. Web site: Stories For Boys Who Dare to be Different. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329022906/https://www.hachette.com.au/ben-brooks-quinton-winter/stories-for-boys-who-dare-to-be-different . 29 March 2019 . Hachette.
  5. Web site: The Impossible Boy. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918142951/https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/ben-brooks-2/the-impossible-boy/9781786541000/ . 18 September 2020 . Hachette Publishing.
  6. Web site: Things They Don't Want You To Know . https://web.archive.org/web/20240424134128/https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/titles/ben-brooks/things-they-dont-want-you-to-know/9781529403923/ . 24 April 2024 . Quercus . live .
  7. Web site: The Complete Guide to What's Inside Frank Ocean's Magazine. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160825191912/http://www.thefader.com/2016/08/23/frank-ocean-boys-dont-cry-magazine-complete-guide . 25 August 2016 . The Fader.
  8. Web site: Fiction Uncovered. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141125083409/http://www.fictionuncovered.co.uk/review/lolito-2/ . 25 November 2014 . Jerwood Foundation.
  9. Web site: Children's Book of the Year. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809233044/https://www.nationalbookawards.co.uk/stories-for-boys-who-dare-to-be-dif . 9 August 2020 . National Book Awards.

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