Ben Brooks (novelist)
English novelist (born 1992)
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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.
Ben Brooks | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1992 (age 34) Gloucestershire, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Writing career | |
| Notable work | Grow Up (2011) |
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)
Filmography
- Jerks (2022)
- Friends, Sex and Games (2026)
- Das Geschenk (2026)
Awards
- Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize for Lolito (2014)[5]
- Somerset Maugham Award for Lolito (2015)[6]
- British Book Award as 'Children's Book of the Year' for Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different (2018)[7]
- Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award shortlisted for The Greatest Possible Good (2025) [8]