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Benjamin Myers

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Benjamin Myers was born in Durham, UK, in 1976.

He is an award-winning author and journalist.

His first short story collection, Male Tears, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2021.

His novel The Offing was published by Bloomsbury in 2019 and is a best-seller in Germany. It was serialised by Radio 4's Book At Bedtime and Radio 2 Book club choice. It is being developed for stage and has been optioned for film.

The non-fiction book Under The Rock, was shortlisted for The Portico Prize For Literature in 2020.

Recipient of the Roger Deakin Award and first published by Bluemoose Books, Myers' novel The Gallows Pole was published to acclaim in 2017 and was winner of the Walter Scott Prize 2018 - the world's largest prize for historical fiction. It has
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Dear friends.

I have a new website. Please join me at:

www.benjaminmyerswriter.com

I'm also excited to be able to soon announce details of a new novel. All I can say for now is that it will be published in 2023.

Watch this space etc etc.

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"Historical fiction at its very best. Exceptional story-telling - beautiful, lyrical prose seamlessly interwoven with gritty, visceral passages resulting in a vividly engrossing read. "
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“Fuck the king because you can be sure the king is already fucking you.”
Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole

“Krieg ist Krieg: Er wird von wenigen angezettelt und von vielen gefuehrt, und am Ende verlieren alle.”
Benjamin Myers, The Offing

“Travel is a search for the self . . . and sometimes just to search is enough. [. . .] Wander around long enough with your eyes open and soon enough you'll find things. Great journeys are never about the destination.”
Benjamin Myers, The Offing

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WndyJW I am really excited that I have discovered Benjamin Myers. Now if I can only find a way to buy his books so that he gets paid! Beastings is on Amazon, but Turning Blur and Pig Iron are only available through used book dealers. I hope Bluemoose Booke still has copies for sale.


Benjamin You can now vote for my novel PIG IRON in The Guardian's Not The Booker prize if so inclined.

http://gu.com/p/3aqn5/tw


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