Ben Lerner

About the Author

He grew up in Topeka, Kansas, a place that figures prominently in all of his books of poetry, and he is a 1997 graduate of Topeka High School. While he attended high school, he was a standout in forensics and debate and won the 1997 National Forensic League National Tournament in International Extemporaneous Speaking. While he was at Brown University, he studied with C.D. Wright, a poet, and got an MFA in poetry and a B.A. in political theory. Ben didn’t set out to become a fiction writer and never thought he would write novels. his poems are quite different. When he began writing novels, in some important yet tangential ways, all of the fiction became about parents. While he was writing the concussion stuff in one of his novels, he found it tough for him to write. He has actually ha. Ben Lerner is the author of over 10 books across 4 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of Standalone Novels series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Ben Lerner has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.