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Ben Langdon

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Born

in Australia

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http://www.benlangdon.net

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Young Adult, Science Fiction, Contemporary

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September 2012

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Ben Langdon’s stories reflect the collision between the ordinary and the extraordinary.

He has written for adults (Forget, to Live and The Scoundrel’s Wife) and for Young Adults (The Miranda Contract and The Adventures of Charlie Conti), as well as editing a couple of short story anthologies (This Mutant Life and Bad Company).

He teaches at a local high school and has presented at conferences such as OzComic Con, the Hero Round Table, Hero Town and the Kang O Meerteek Writers Panel. When he’s speaking, he usually tackles issues such as reflecting diversity in superhero fiction, the power of empathy, representing the local and universal in writing about place, the importance of identifying self in characters and the positive effects of reading ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 444 ratings · 80 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Miranda Contract 3.58 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Charlie Conti: Small Sacrifices by Ben Langdon (Goodreads Author), Eliza Langdon, Lorin Olsen (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Mutant Life by Ben Langdon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rob Rogers (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), William Akin (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Mutant Life: Bad Company by Ben Langdon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lincoln Crisler (Goodreads Author), Diana Rohlman (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Mutant Life: Bad Company by Frank Byrns (Goodreads Author), Adam Ford (Goodreads Author), Folly Blaine (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scoundrel's Wife 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thousand Faces, the Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction: Issue #13 : November 2010 by Frank Byrns (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matt Adams (Contributor), Ian Thomas Healy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tribe 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[ The Miranda Contract Langdon, Ben ( Author ) ] { Paperback } 2014 by Ben Langdon (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Mutant Life: A Neo-Pulp Anthology (Volume 1) by Ben Langdon (2013-09-18) by Alexis A. Hunter (Goodreads Author), Hall Jameson (Goodreads Author), Tom Howard 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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It's taken me a year but I've published my next book, 'Small Sacrifices'. It's sort of a prequel to 'The Miranda Contract' in that it takes place a few years before and features Dan Galkin as a cameo.

It's a story I wrote with my daughter as a way to get her back into the habit of reading - and it worked. I've also got over 20 illustrations in the book, thanks to US artist, Lorn Olsen.

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“We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.”
― Grant Morrison, Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human

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