Peter Benson (author)

Peter Benson (born 1956)[1] is the author of novels, plays, short stories and poetry, and has been described by the London Evening Standard as having "one of the most distinctive voices in modern British fiction".

Career

He has won a number of prizes for his work, including The Guardian Fiction Prize, The Encore Award and The Somerset Maugham Award, and was awarded a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship in 1994.[2]

Personal life

Benson is father to a daughter, Ella (born 1995), by poet Carol Ann Duffy who was in a relationship with novelist and poet Jackie Kay.[3]

Bibliography

Novels
  • 1987, The Levels (Constable, Penguin)
  • 1989, A Lesser Dependency (Macmillan, Penguin)
  • 1990, The Other Occupant (Macmillan, Penguin)
  • 1993, Odo's Hanging (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • 1994, Riptide (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • 1995, A Private Moon (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • 1997, The Shape of Clouds (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • 2011, Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke (Alma Books)
  • 2012, Isabel's Skin (Alma Books)
  • 2017, The South in Winter (Alma Books)
  • 2020, The Stromness Dinner (Seren)
  • 2022, Kidnap Fury of the Smoking Lovers (Seren)

Plays
  • 2013, The Two Friends with Alessandro Gallenzi (Calder Publications)

Short stories
  • 1987, Jude: Winter's Tales 3 (Constable)
  • 1988, Alan: Winter's Tales 4 (Constable)
  • 1988, Rajastan, 1987: 20 Under 35 (Picador)
  • 1990, Gates of Swimming: Winter's Tales 6 (Constable)
  • 2000, Dominion: New Writing 9 (Vintage)

Awards

References
  1. "Peter Benson – About the Author", Foyles.
  2. Christian House, "Peter Benson: A trip down Watery Lane", The Independent, 19 August 2012.
  3. Preston, John (11 May 2010). "Carol Ann Duffy interview". Retrieved 16 February 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.


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