Benjamin Myers was born in Durham in 1976. His novels include Turning Blue, Beastings (winner of the Portico Prize For Literature), Pig Iron (winner of the Gordon Burn Prize) and Richard, a Sunday Times book of the year. He has also published a novella Snorri & Frosti, the poetry collections The Raven Of Jórvíkshire and Heathcliff Adrift, and received the Tom-Gallon Prize for his short fiction. His journalism has appeared in publications including The Guardian, New Statesman, BBC, Caught By The River, New Scientist and others.
Benjamin Myers lives in the Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire, UK.
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