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Short Bio (~120 words)

Ben H. Winters is the New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award–winning, and Philip K. Dick Award–winning author of more than a dozen books, including BIG TIME, THE QUIET BOY, GOLDEN STATE, UNDERGROUND AIRLINES, the Last Policeman Trilogy, and the mash-up sensation SENSE AND SENSIBILITY AND SEA MONSTERS. He is the creator of the smash-hit CBS drama TRACKER and has written for the FX cult favorite LEGION and the Apple TV+ thriller MANHUNT, as well as authoring five Audible Originals. His work in comics includes Oni Press's Eisner Award–nominated revival of EC Comics, his solo series BENJAMIN, and the all-new ARCHIE ongoing series, launching for the character's 85th anniversary. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.

Long Bio

Ben H. Winters is a New York Times bestselling novelist, television creator, comic book writer, and playwright whose career spans nearly every form American storytelling takes. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including BIG TIME, THE QUIET BOY, GOLDEN STATE, and the New York Times bestseller UNDERGROUND AIRLINES, which won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, was a finalist for the Chautauqua Prize, the ITW Thriller Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and was named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Slate, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon. James Patterson hailed the novel as "a fresh new provocative idea" executed "beautifully"; Lev Grossman called it "emotionally searing and tragically plausible as anything in contemporary fiction"; Ann Patchett, writing in Time, said it "kept me up at night and changed the way I saw the world"; and Charles Finch, in USA Today, declared its world-building "astonishing, immediately taking its place in the genre's very first rank."

Winters's acclaimed Last Policeman Trilogy — THE LAST POLICEMAN, COUNTDOWN CITY, and WORLD OF TROUBLE — earned him the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original from the Mystery Writers of America and the Philip K. Dick Award for Distinguished Science Fiction, and his work has also received France's Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire. John Green, author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, has called the "weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic" trilogy one of his favorite mystery series; the New York Times Book Review said its science fiction premise "lifts it beyond a typical procedural"; the Washington Post called it "an appealing hybrid of the best of science fiction and crime fiction"; and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine praised Winters's writing as "funny, surprisingly tender, and thoroughly human." Winters first hit the New York Times bestseller list in 2009 with the parody sensation SENSE AND SENSIBILITY AND SEA MONSTERS, followed by ANDROID KARENINA; his catalog also includes the cult horror novel THE BONUS ROOM (originally published as BEDBUGS) and two novels for young readers, including the Edgar-nominated THE SECRET LIFE OF MS. FINKLEMAN. The San Francisco Chronicle has called him "one of crime fiction's most inventive practitioners," and his short fiction, journalism, and essays have appeared in anthologies from the Mystery Writers of America and Akashic Books, in Lightspeed magazine, and in Slate, the New York Times Book Review, and the Wall Street Journal.

On screen, Winters is the creator of the CBS drama TRACKER, which premiered after Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 as the most-watched broadcast series debut in three years, became the #1 most-watched entertainment series on television, and has been renewed through its fourth season. His other television work includes the FX cult hit LEGION and the Apple TV+ historical thriller MANHUNT. In audio, he is the author of five Audible Originals — INSIDE JOBS, Q&A, SELF HELP, STRANGER, and HITCHHIKERS. In comics, Winters made his debut as a central writer on CRUEL UNIVERSE, the flagship anthology of Oni Press's Eisner Award–nominated revival of the legendary EC Comics line, followed by his acclaimed first solo series, BENJAMIN, with artist Leomacs. He now writes the all-new ARCHIE ongoing series with Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon — the flagship title of the historic Oni Press/Archie Comics partnership, launching in September 2026 to mark Archie's 85th anniversary — with his next creator-owned comics project to follow in 2027.

Before turning to novels and television, Winters wrote extensively for the theater, including the Off-Broadway musical SLUT, the Neil Sedaka jukebox musical BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO, and a string of children's musicals licensed by Samuel French and Theatrical Rights Worldwide. He grew up in Maryland, graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, and lives in Los Angeles with his family.

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Selected Praise

"Winters is such a fine writer… you'll follow him anywhere."The New York Times

"One of crime fiction's most inventive practitioners."San Francisco Chronicle

"Weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic… one of my favorite mystery series."John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars

"Kept me up at night and changed the way I saw the world."Ann Patchett, in Time

"A fresh new provocative idea," executed "beautifully."James Patterson

"Emotionally searing and tragically plausible as anything in contemporary fiction."Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians

"Exceptional…indisputably a winner."Maureen Corrigan, NPR

"Sharp, funny, and deeply wise."Slate

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