Paul G. Bens Jr. Explained

Paul G. Bens Jr.
Birth Place:Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Covington Latin School
Thomas More College

Paul G. Bens Jr. (born 1964) is an American writer and former independent film and television casting director.[1] [2] __TOC__

Early life and education

Bens was born in 1964, in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky,[3] a small suburb in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area. Bens is the youngest of four children and the only boy[4] born to Paul and Judith Bens. His early education was at the college preparatory Covington Latin School and he graduated from Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, with a degree in Theater Arts. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1986.

Career

Bens' early career was a casting assistant on low-budget feature films such as Martians Go Home and Trip to Spirit Island. Later, he moved into the position of casting associate on the television series Night Court, Nurses, and Stand by Your Man.[3] As a casting director, Bens and his partner Pat Melton contributed to the FOX series Likely Suspects and Ned & Stacey, as well as the series Malcolm & Eddie on UPN. His last casting position was for the FOX network's Murder in Small Town X, for which he was responsible for the casting of actors in the fictional murder mystery reality show. He served as producer for the film hundred percent,[5] a feature film with an Asian American cast which featured Garrett Wang from , Tamlyn Tomita, Dustin Nguyen from 21 Jump Street and Keiko Agena from Gilmore Girls.

An openly gay author, Bens' first foray into writing came as co-author of Next! And Actor's Guide to Auditioning,[6] a how-to guide for aspiring actors published in 1997 and co-authored by Ellie Kanner, casting director of the television series Friends.[7] Bens ventured into fiction writing shortly thereafter and his short works have been published in Cemetery Dance,[8] Chick Flicks, HeavyGlow, Twisted Tongue, Velvet Mafia: Dangerous Queer Fiction,[9] Outsider Ink[10] and Dark Discoveries.[11] He also has contributed to Dark Scribe Magazine's Roundtable discussions,[12] moderating an in-depth interview with five leading voices in Queer Horror fiction.

Although Bens' fiction tends to examine the darker side of man, he has also contributed to the gay erotica / gay romance genres with his Hawaiiana-based novella Mahape a ale Wala'au[13] and short story Me Ka Hau'oli Makahiki Hou.[14] His first novel Kelland[15] was published by Casperian Books on September 1, 2009,[16] and has drawn largely favorable reviews[17] with the author's style being compared to Stephen King,[18] Michael Cunningham[19] and the better films of M. Night Shyamalan.[20]

Bibliography

Awards

Black Quill Award 2010: Best Small Press Chill (Editors' Choice)[21] for the novel Kelland

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McCroy . Winnie . Edge Magazine interview . Edgeboston.com . August 20, 2009 . January 12, 2012.
  2. Web site: Small Press Reviews interview . Smallpressreviews.wordpress.com . August 24, 2009 . January 12, 2012.
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072347/ IMdb
  4. Web site: Scribe . Dark . Dark Scribe Magazine interview . Darkscribemagazine.com . December 2, 2009 . January 12, 2012.
  5. Web site: The First Garrett Wang Website . Osprey.net . January 12, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224050356/http://www.osprey.net/~kira/hpinterview.html . February 24, 2012 . mdy-all .
  6. Book: Wood, Ed . Amazon . 1997 . Lone Eagle Publishing Company . 0943728711 .
  7. Web site: Bull Market Entertainment . Bullmarketent.com . January 12, 2012.
  8. Web site: Cemetery Dance Magazine . Cemeterydance.com . January 12, 2012.
  9. http://velvetmafia.com/20/bios.php#bens Velvet Mafia: Dangerous Queer Fiction
  10. http://www.outsiderink.com/contributors.php Outsider Ink
  11. Web site: Agranoff . David . Postcards from a Dying World . Davidagranoff.blogspot.com . July 15, 2010 . January 12, 2012.
  12. Web site: Scribe . Dark . Dark Scribe Magazine . Dark Scribe Magazine . January 12, 2012.
  13. Web site: Uniquely Pleasurable . Unique.logophilos.net . February 17, 2008 . January 12, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224050355/http://unique.logophilos.net/?p=437 . February 24, 2012 . mdy-all .
  14. Web site: The Daily Horse Review . Ttthomas.wordpress.com . January 2, 2009 . January 12, 2012.
  15. Web site: Who is Kelland? . Whoiskelland.com . January 12, 2012.
  16. Web site: Casperian Books . Casperian Books . August 24, 2009 . January 12, 2012.
  17. Web site: Who is Kelland . Who is Kelland . January 12, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718042838/http://www.whoiskelland.com/publicity.html . July 18, 2011 . mdy-all .
  18. Web site: Dark Discoveries Magazine review . October 2, 2009 . Darkdiscoveriesreviews.wordpress.com . January 12, 2012.
  19. Web site: Scribe . Dark . Dark Scribe Magazine review . Darkscribemagazine.com . November 26, 2009 . January 12, 2012.
  20. Web site: Uniquely Pleasurable review . Unique.logophilos.net . September 1, 2009 . January 12, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224050421/http://unique.logophilos.net/?p=2243 . February 24, 2012 . mdy-all .
  21. Web site: Scribe . Dark . Dark Scribe Magazine . Dark Scribe Magazine . February 7, 2010 . January 12, 2012.

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