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Benedict Anning is a Surrey-born author and short fiction writer living just outside of Edinburgh with his wonderful cat, Penny.After a stint in creative studies at sixth form, independent exams, and later Ancient History at university, Ben spent three years as a bookseller before moving to the third sector where he now works for a local animal shelter.An artist at heart and fan of all things eerie, Ben has a special love for twisty horror fiction where the setting is a principal character and things just aren't quite right. Atomic Coffin is his first published novel.For any queries, please contact his agent John Baker of Bell Lomax Moreton.

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Short Bio:Benedict Anning is a Surrey-born author and charity worker living just outside of Edinburgh with his wonderful cat, Penny. An artist at heart and fan of all things eerie, Ben has a special love for twisty horror fiction where the setting is a principal character and things just aren't quite right. Atomic Coffin is his debut novel.Long bio:Benedict Anning is a Surrey-born author and short fiction writer living just outside of Edinburgh with his wonderful cat, Penny.After a stint in creative studies at sixth form, independent exams in Philosophy and Classics, and later Ancient History at university, Ben spent three years as a bookseller before moving to the third sector where he now works for a local animal shelter.An artist at heart and fan of all things eerie, Ben has a special love for twisty horror fiction where the setting is a principal character and things just aren't quite right. His debut novel, Atomic Coffin, will be published in June 2026 from Bantam UK.