Ben H. Winters

Ben H. Winters
Born Maryland, U.S.
Occupation Writer
Ethnicity Jewish[1]
Period 2009–present
Website
www.benhwinters.com

Benjamin Allen H. "Ben" Winters is an American author, journalist, teacher and playwright.[2]

Early life and education

Winters was born in Maryland. In high school, he played in the punk band Corm,[3] alongside John Davis, now of Title Tracks. In 1998, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was active in the comedy group Mama's Pot Roast.[4]

Career

Winters was first known as the author of the 2009 New York Times bestseller Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. In June 2010, Android Karenina was published by Quirk Books. A young adult novel, The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman, was published by HarperCollins in September 2010. Finkleman was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America in January 2011. In 2011, Winters published a second book in the Ms. Finkleman series, titled The Mystery of the Missing Everything, and Bedbugs, a horror novel for adults. Winters has also written numerous books in the Worst-Case Scenario Series.

In 2012, Winters published The Last Policeman, the first in a trilogy of detective novels set in a pre-apocalyptic United States; that book won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in the category Best Paperback Original;[5] was an Amazon Best Book of 2012;[6] and was nominated for the Macavity Award for Best Mystery by Mystery Readers International.[7] The second novel in the Last Policeman trilogy, Countdown City, was published in July 2013; it won the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award for Distinguished Science Fiction.[8] The third book in the Policeman series, World of Trouble, was published in July 2014. It was nominated for the Edgar Award in the category of Best Paperback Original [9] and for the Anthony Award.[10]

Winters's work for the theater includes the Off-Broadway musical Slut, the children's musicals The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Uncle Pirate, and A (Tooth) Fairy Tale and the Neil Sedaka juke-box musical, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.

Winters's most recent novel is Underground Airlines, published by Mulholland Books in July 2016. It is an alternate history book, set in a present-day alternate universe in which the American Civil War never occurred, with human chattel slavery continuing to be practiced legally in four U.S. states as a result. In the book, the main character, a former slave and bounty hunter working for the U.S. government, attempts to infiltrate an abolitionist organization known as the "Underground Airlines".[11][12]

Personal life

Winters lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.[13]

Bibliography

Fiction

Poetry

Plays

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ http://benhwinters.com/interview-with-kirkus-reviews/
  2. ↑ "About the Author". HarperCollins Publishers. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Interview (& Giveaway): Ben H. Winters, author of The Last Policeman". My Bookish Ways. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Alexander, Jennifer. "Ben H. Winters Pens Highly Imaginative "Countdown City"". West End Word. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Edgar Winners & Nominees". www.theedgars.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Amazon.com: Back to School: Books". www.amazon.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.mysteryreaders.org/macavity.html
  8. ↑ John DeNardo (April 19, 2014). "WINNER: 2014 Philip K. Dick Award". SF Signal. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Edgar Winners & Nominees". www.theedgars.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Award Nominees and Winners". www.bouchercon.info. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Book Deals: Week of September 15, 2014". Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Underground Airlines – Ben H. Winters". benhwinters.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  13. ↑ Alter, Alexandra (July 4, 2016). "In His New Novel, Ben Winters Dares to Mix Slavery and Sci-Fi". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  14. ↑ "'Slut,' a new musical written by Ben H. Winters and Stephen Sislen, at the American Theatre of Actors on the 13 Sep - 13 Nov 2005". www.newyorktheatreguide.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  15. ↑ http://www.theatricalrights.com/node/2891
  16. ↑ "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, The | Samuel French". www.samuelfrench.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  17. ↑ "(Tooth) Fairy Tale, A | Samuel French". www.samuelfrench.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Uncle Pirate | Samuel French". www.samuelfrench.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

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