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Ben Wakeman

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in Boone, NC, The United States

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Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller

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Ben Wakeman is an independent novelist and singer-songwriter who has worked in digital technology for more than 25 years. Early in his creative career, his focus was music where he shared the stage with artists like John Mayer, Gillian Welch, Collective Soul, and Sugarland. He went on to release five independent albums. In the 2010's Wakeman turned his focus to writing fiction and published his debut novel REWIND PLAYBACK in 2014.

His second novel, THE MEMORY OF MY SHADOW was published in August 2024. The book was first released as a serial on his Substack publication, Catch & Release where he has since released a third novel HARMONY HOUSE in the same manor and is currently publishing a fourth serial novel titled DEPARTURES. Wakeman is a gif ...more

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