Ben Brooks (novelist)
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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.
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Born | 1992 (age 31ā32) Gloucestershire, England |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | British |
Notable works | Grow Up (2011) |
Writing for children, he has published the 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]