Benjamin Wood was born in 1981 and grew up in north-west England. A former Commonwealth Scholar, he is now a Lecturer in Creative Writing at King's College London. His debut novel, The Bellwether Revivals, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2012 and the Commonwealth Book Prize 2013, and won one of France's foremost literary awards, Le Prix du Roman Fnac, in 2014. His second novel, The Ecliptic, was shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. He lives with his wife in London.
‘A flawless meditation on creativity and the psychic toll it takes.
Not only is it beautifully written, but there's a bloody good
twister of a plot that rewards you well beyond the final page’
*Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist*
‘Stunning … Wood has created one of the most moving and human
characters in recent fiction’
*Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven*
‘A curious, bewitching and beguiling book that manages to be both
profoundly moving and as gripping and unputdownable as a thriller.
Outstanding’
*SJ Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep*
‘An intelligent examination of creativity, psychology, and a
riveting mystery … this ambitious novel will haunt the imagination
long after the final page’
*Independent on Sunday*
‘A resounding achievement … Absorbing, rich, beautiful’
*Guardian*
‘Exhilarating. A masterfully paced and suspenseful read’
*Independent*
‘Wood has lost none of his ability to combine suspense with
striking images. His fiction is playfully experimental, but never
loses sight of its primary purpose: to entertain’
*Daily Telegraph*
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