Ben Aaronovitch

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Ben Aaronovitch was born in 1964. He had parents, some brothers, some sisters and a dog named after a Russian cosmonaut. He also had the kind of dull childhood that drives a person to drink, radical politics or science fiction. Discovering in his early twenties that he had precisely one talent, he took up screenwriting at which he was an overnight success. He wrote for Doctor Who, Casualty and the world’s cheapest ever SF soap opera Jupiter Moon. He then wrote for Virgin’s New Adventures until they pulped all his books. Then Ben entered a dark time illuminated only by an episode of Dark Knight, a book for Big Finish and the highly acclaimed but not-very-well-paying Blake’s 7 Audio dramas. Trapped in a cycle of disappointment and despair Ben was eventually forced to support his expensive book habit by working for Waterstones as a bookseller. Ironically it was while shelving the works of others that Ben finally saw the light. He would write his own books, he would let prose into his heart and rejoice in the word. Henceforth, subsisting on nothing more than instant coffee and Japanese takeaway, Ben embarked on the epic personal journey that was to lead to Rivers of London (or Midnight Riot as it is known in the Americas). At some point during the above, the most important thing in his life happened and he became a father to a son, Karifa, whom he affectionately refers to as ‘The Evil Monster Boy’. The Evil Monster Boy will be reaching university age soon, so all donations will be gratefully received. Ben Aaronovitch currently resides in London and says that he will leave when they pry his city from his cold dead fingers.

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Stone and Sky
Representative edition published 2025
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Winter's Gifts
Representative edition published 2024
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Masquerades of Spring
Representative edition published 2024
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Rivers Of London
Representative edition published 2023
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Amongst Our Weapons
Representative edition published 2023
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Amongst Our Weapons
Representative edition published 2022
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Untitled Aaronovitch 1 Of 4
Representative edition published 2022
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The furthest station
Representative edition published 2021
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The October Man
Representative edition published 2021
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Tales from the Folly
Representative edition published 2021
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What Abigail Did That Summer
Representative edition published 2021
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The Furthest Station Lib/E
Representative edition published 2021
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Der Geist in der British Library und andere Geschichten
Representative edition published 2021
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El árbol del ahorcado
Representative edition published 2021
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False Value
Representative edition published 2020
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Verano venenoso
Representative edition published 2020
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Ein weißer Schwan in Tabernacle Street
Representative edition published 2020
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L'Arbre des pendus
Representative edition published 2020
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Action at a Distance
Representative edition published 2019
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Londra Nehirleri
Representative edition published 2019
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Die Glocke von Whitechapel
Representative edition published 2019
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Familias fatales
Representative edition published 2019
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Ríos de Londres
Representative edition published 2019
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Lies Sleeping
Representative edition published 2019
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