Benjamin Wood was born in 1981 in Merseyside, England.
He is a novelist and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at King's College London, where he founded the PhD in Creative Writing programme.
His debut novel won France's Prix du Roman Fnac and Prix Baudelaire in 2014.
His works have been shortlisted for numerous prestigious awards including the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, Costa First Novel Award, CWA Gold Dagger Award, and RSL Encore Award.
Seascraper, his fifth novel, was longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize.
Wood lives in Surrey with his wife and sons.
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