Benjamin Markovits

Benjamin Markovits

Benjamin Markovits grew up in Texas, London and Berlin. He is the author of seven previous novels, including You Don’t Have to Live Like This, which won the 2015 James Tait Black Prize. He has written essays, stories, poetry and reviews for the Guardian, Granta, the Paris Review and the New York Times among other publications. In 2013 he was chosen as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. He lives in London and teaches creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.