Ben H. Winters
Benjamin Allen H. Winters (born June 14, 1976 in Maryland ) is an American author , journalist , teacher and playwright .
Life
Winters grew up in Maryland. In high school he played in the punk band Corm alongside John Davis, now a member of the Title Tracks . He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1998 . In the first volume of his science fiction trilogy Last Policeman , The last police officer , he got a Edgar Allan Poe Award , the second band Countdown City , he won the Philip K. Dick Award 2013. 2017 received Winters for his novel Underground Airlines to Sidewise Award in the Best Long-Form Alternate History category .
He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Diana and three children .
Works
For adults
- Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters . Quirk Books (English).
- Android Karenina . Quirk Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59474-460-0 (English).
- Bedbugs . Quirk Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59474-523-2 (English).
- The last police officer (= Last Policeman Trilogy . Band 1 ). Heyne Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-53451-3 (English: The Last Policeman . Translated by Peter Robert).
- Countdown City (= Last Policeman Trilogy . Band 2 ). Quirk Books, 2013, ISBN 978-1-59474-626-0 (English).
- World of Trouble (= Last Policeman Trilogy. Volume 3). Quirk Books 2014, ISBN 978-1-59474-685-7 (English).
- Underground Airlines . Quirk, 2016
For children
musical
- A (Tooth) Fairy Tale . Samuel French Trade, 2008, ISBN 978-0-573-66371-0 (English).
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere . Samuel French Trade, 2010, ISBN 978-0-573-69773-9 (English).
- Uncle Pirate . Samuel French Trade, 2011, ISBN 978-0-573-60073-9 (English).
Books
- The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman . HarperCollins, 2011 (English).
- The Mystery of the Missing Everything . HarperCollins, 2011, ISBN 978-0-06-196546-3 (English).
- Literally Disturbed: Tales to Keep You Up at Night . Price Stern Sloan, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8431-7194-5 (English).
Nominations and Awards
- Bank Street College Best Children's Book 2011 in the Nine to Twelve category for The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman
- Edgar Allan Poe Award 2013: Best novel as an original paperback for The Last Policeman
- Philip K. Dick Award 2014 for Countdown City
Web links
- Literature by and about Ben H. Winters in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ben H. Winters in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Ben H. Winters at Open Library
- Ben H. Winters in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
- Official website of Ben H. Winters
- 10 Questions With 'Countdown City' Author Ben H. Winters. In: litreactor.com. August 6, 2013, accessed February 10, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Sidewise Award. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
- ↑ About Ben H. Winters. In: benhwinters.com. Retrieved June 26, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Bank Street College Best Children's Book Winner list “Nine to Twelve” 2011. (PDF) In: bankstreet.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2014 .
- ^ Philip K. Dick Award 2014. In: Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winters, Ben H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Winters, Ben; Winters, Benjamin Allen H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maryland |