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Ben Portus

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Ben Portus

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Ben was born in 1979 and came out looking like an orange frog. His mum asked the midwife if they could put him back in, but apparently that's not possible.

Ben grew up in the village of Ilsington, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. He lived on a smallholding with his doting parents, two sisters, a brother and a menagerie of animals. It was chaos!

When he was 6 years old, the family television broke. It was never replaced and with no TV, Ben turned to reading ... a lot. He started writing his first novel aged seven or eight. It was called Diamond Blade and was more than likely rubbish! Ben has been writing ever since. The rest of his childhood was spent messing about and poking stuff with sticks.

Ben spent the summer of 1996 at Newquay Zoo in Co
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Average rating: 4.05 · 22 ratings · 9 reviews · 1 distinct work
The Last Ark

4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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“Here is a list of the ten worst things I have done:”
Ally Kennen
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“Alex never killed hares.”
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Mark Haddon
“I find people confusing.”
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“I can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers.”
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“I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But how many individuals does it take before it's not the individuals who are prejudiced but society itself?”
Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses

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L Dear Ben,
Thank you for your friendship request. It is nice to meet a fellow equestrian and horse enthusiast, (and a fan of dressage my favorite disapline!). I very much look forward to reading your work in the future.
Lucinda x


Jillian Peery Thanks for the add, Ben!


Derick Hudson Thanks for the friendship, Ben.
Cheers,
Derick
www.derickhudson.blogspot.com


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