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Benjamin Wood was born in 1981 and grew up in northwest England. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, Canada, which he attended with the support of a Commonwealth Scholarship.His first novel The Bellwether Revivals was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Book Prize in 2012, and won France's Prix du Roman Fnac in 2014.His second novel The Ecliptic was shortlisted for the Encore Award in 2015 and was a finalist for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award in 2016. His third novel A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better was published by Scribner in June 2018. It was shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature and the CWA Gold Dagger Award.Benjamin is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at King's College London. He lives in Surrey with his wife and sons.
Doggedness in art is no substitute for inspiration.
Sometimes, you can hold a grudge for so long you forget why you were holding onto it. And before you know it, half a lifetime has gone by and all you’ve got is a empty fist and a lot of regret. .
