Benjamin Wood’s first novel, The Bellwether Revivals, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and won Le Prix du Roman Fnac. He was a finalist for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and his other works have been shortlisted for the Encore Award, the CWA Gold Dagger Award and the European Union Prize for Literature. He is a senior lecturer in creative writing at King’s College London, and lives in Surrey with his wife and sons.