Ben Brooks (novelist)
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| Born | April 1992 Gloucestershire, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable works | Grow Up (2011) |
Ben Brooks (Gloucestershire, 6 April 1992) is a British novelist, author of books for adults and children, including his latest novel The Greatest Possible Good (July 2025), Grow Up,[1] and the million-copy bestselling series Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different,[2] which has been translated into twenty-eight languages and received a British National Book Award.
He received a Somerset Maugham Award and Jerwood Fiction Prize for Lolito, and the Celsius 232 and Premio Torres del Agua for The Impossible Boy.[3]
His novels have received praise from Nick Cave, Noel Fielding, Matt Haig and Dennis Cooper. He contributed the story "Kimchi or a Partial List of Misappropriated Hood Ornaments" to Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry, accompanying the release of the album Blonde[4] (2016).
Having written for Series 4 and 5 of the award-winning German comedy series Jerks, he is now developing original TV projects in the UK and Germany.
Books (Adult Fiction)
- Fences (2009)
- An Island of Fifty (2010)
- The Kasahara School of Nihilism (2010)
- Grow Up (2011)
- Upward Coast & Sadie (2012)
- Lolito (2013)
- Everyone Gets Eaten (2015)
- Hurra (2016)
- The Greatest Possible Good (2025)
Books (Children)
- Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different (2018)
- Stories for Kids Who Dare to be Different (2018)
- Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different II (2019)
- The Impossible Boy (2019)
- Things They Don't Want You to Know (2020)
- The Greatest Inventor (2020)
- Not All Heroes Wear Capes (2021)
- Dare to Be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World (2022)
- You Don't Have to be Loud: A Quiet Kid's Guide to Being Heard (2022)
- The Dragon on the Train (2023)
Awards
- Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize for Lolito (2014)[5]
- Somerset Maugham Award for Lolito (2015)
- British Book Award as 'Children's Book of the Year' for Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different (2018)[6]
References
- ^ Grow up | WorldCat.org. OCLC 721920396.
- ^ "Stories For Boys Who Dare to be Different". Hachette. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.
- ^ Brooks, Ben (22 May 2019). The Impossible Boy. Hachette Children's. ISBN 978-1-78654-100-0. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
- ^ "The Complete Guide to What's Inside Frank Ocean's Magazine". The Fader. 24 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Fiction Uncovered". Jerwood Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Children's Book of the Year". National Book Awards. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020.