Ben H. Winters is a writer.
[scroll down to see the things he writes]
“There was obviously enormous potential here. There was a fortune to be made.”
BIG TIME
[March 5, 2024 from Mulholland Books]
“Winters plays with readers’ expectations like a virtuoso in this stellar technological thriller…Winters's many jaw-dropping plot twists are… grounded in pitch-perfect depictions of ordinary extraordinary events.” [Publishers Weekly, starred review]
“A fast-paced and thought-provoking speculative thriller with well-drawn and relatable characters.” [Library Journal]
“…a wild and wonderful trip, a kaleidoscope of mind-bending science, metaphysics, and good old-fashioned thrills.” ―Lou Berney, author of the New York Times-bestselling NOVEMBER ROAD
“Everyone’s looking for something.”
TRACKER
[Sunday nights on CBS]
Ben H. Winters is the creator of TRACKER, a new show on CBS, starring Justin Hartley and based on Jefferey Deaver’s THE NEVER GAME.
Tracker premiered after Super Bowl LVII in 2024 on CBS and Paramount Plus, and has proved a huge success with audiences around the world.
For more on the show, visit CBS.com
“One of crime fiction’s most inventive practitioners.”
- The San Francisco Chronicle
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THE QUIET BOY - a novel
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GOLDEN STATE - a novel
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UNDERGROUND AIRLINES - a novel
winner of the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire
New York Times bestseller
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THE LAST POLICEMAN - a novel
winner of the Edgar Award
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COUNTDOWN CITY - book II in the Last Policeman Trilogy
Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award
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WORLD OF TROUBLE — book III in the Last Policeman Trilogy
Edgar Award nominee
“Winters has a knack for creating appealing detective fictions
that skew reality in thought-provoking ways,
producing a hybrid of the familiar and the uncanny.” - The Washington Post
“Exceptional…indisputably a winner.” - NPR
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STRANGER - an Audible Original
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THE HIGHWAY KIND - an anthology, including Ben’s story “Test Drive”
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SELF HELP - an Audible Original
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INSIDE JOBS – an Audible Original
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Q & A - an Audible Original
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SPECULATIVE LOS ANGELES - an anthology, including Ben’s story “Peak TV”
“Winters is such a fine writer that by the time he asks you to suspend your disbelief,
you’ll follow him anywhere.” - The New York Times
“An appealing hybrid of the best of science fiction and crime fiction.” - The Washington Post
“Sharp, funny, and deeply wise.” - Slate
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MANHATTAN MAYHEM - an anthology, including Ben’s story “Trapped!”
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THE SECRET LIFE OF MS. FINKLEMAN - a novel for middle-grade readers
Edgar Award nominee
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THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING EVERYTHING - book II in the Finkleman series
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ANDROID KARENINA – a mash-up novel
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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY AND SEA MONSTERS - a mash-up novel
New York Times bestseller
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THE MAD SCIENTIST’S GUIDE TO WORLD DOMINATION - an anthology, including Ben’s story “The Food Taster’s Boy”