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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 whose recent novel Cuddy (2023) won the Goldsmiths Prize.

His first short story collection, Male Tears, was 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
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Cuddy: out now in paperback

Hello friends,

My latest novel CUDDY is out in paperback this week (Feb 1st 2024) but has sneaked into shops already...

It recently won the Goldsmiths Prize.

You can buy it online here:
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/cuddy...

And I also have a new website here: www.benjaminmyerswriter.com

Happy reading.

All the very best,
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The Offing

4.23 avg rating — 26,947 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions
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The Perfect Golden Circle

3.89 avg rating — 5,896 ratings — published 2022 — 20 editions
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The Gallows Pole

4.10 avg rating — 5,245 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions
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Cuddy

4.29 avg rating — 2,985 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions
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Rare Singles

3.75 avg rating — 2,250 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions
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Beastings

4.14 avg rating — 1,566 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions
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Pig Iron

4.35 avg rating — 1,405 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions
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Turning Blue (Mace & Brindl...

3.78 avg rating — 842 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions
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Male Tears

3.37 avg rating — 776 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions
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These Darkening Days (Mace ...

3.89 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions
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“And after all there are only a few things truly worth fighting for: freedom, of course, and all that it brings with it. Poetry, perhaps, and a good glass of wine. A nice meal. Nature. Love, if you're lucky. And that's about it.”
Benjamin Myers, The Offing

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

“Fuck the king because you can be sure the king is already fucking you.”
Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole

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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.

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