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About

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.

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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, is scheduled for publication in June in the UK with Transworld and in October in North America with Saga Press.Atomic Coffin short pitch:In 1984 East Berlin, a British spy uncovers a hidden Soviet submarine with a terrifying secret. Blending deep-sea claustrophobic dread and Lynchian psychological horror in a high-stakes thriller, this twisty debut will captivate fans of Daniel Kraus and John Carpenter’s The Thing.

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Rights and adaptation:
John Baker, Bell Lomax Moreton
[email protected]Publicity for Atomic Coffin (UK):
Ollie Martin, Penguin Random House
[email protected]Publicity for Atomic Coffin (US):
Saga Press team, Simon & Schuster
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