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Ben Brooks

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Ben Brooks

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1992-04-06 （Gloucestershire, England）
Nationality
British
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
novelist, writer
Active Years
2009-2025

Awards

Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize
2014
Work: Lolito
Organization: Jerwood Foundation
Result: 受賞
Somerset Maugham Award
2015
Work: Lolito
Organization: Society of Authors
Result: 受賞
British Book Award
2018
Work: Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different
Category: 児童書部門
Organization: National Book Awards
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Grow Up

2011 novel

A novel about teenage angst

youthgrowth

Lolito

2013 novel

Explores online encounters and their impact

internetloneliness

Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different

2018 children's book

True stories of boys who dared to be different

diversitycourage

The Impossible Boy

2019 children's book

Fantasy about adventures with an impossible boy

friendshipimagination

The Greatest Possible Good

2025 novel

Latest novel on the greatest possible good

Bibliography

  • Fences
  • An Island of Fifty
  • The Kasahara School of Nihilism
  • Grow Up
  • Upward Coast & Sadie
  • Lolito
  • Everyone Gets Eaten
  • Hurra
  • The Greatest Possible Good
  • Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different
  • Stories for Kids Who Dare to be Different
  • Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different II
  • The Impossible Boy
  • Things They Don't Want You to Know
  • The Greatest Inventor
  • Not All Heroes Wear Capes
  • Dare to Be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World
  • You Don't Have to be Loud: A Quiet Kid's Guide to Being Heard
  • The Dragon on the Train

Style & Themes

Literary Style
youthful prosecontemporary
Recurring Motifs
nihilismmodern youth

Legacy

British novelist known for adult and children's books. Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different sold over a million copies and won awards.

In Popular Culture

  • Contributed to Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry magazine

Trivia

  • Wrote for German comedy series Jerks
  • Contributed story to Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry accompanying Blonde album