Gerald Benedict

Gerald Benedict.

I held a short-service commission with the Royal Marines serving, by secondment, in Sierra Leone with the Royal West African Frontier Force. On my return to the UK I worked as a mountaineering and canoeing instructor with the Outward Bound Trust in North Wales, then attended London and Geneva universities. After teaching comparative philosophy in colleges and universities, I now live in S. W. France and write full-time. My wife, Nadège, is French and we have two daughters.

An earlier novel, A Place Called Adullam, was runner up in the Constable - Arts Council competition for a first, unpublished novel. I’ve published several short stories and award-winning radio drama for the BBC World Service. While writing and successfully publishing non-fiction that has been translated into more than a dozen languages, I’ve accumulated several novels. The most recent, Electric Soil, and The Long Tail of Terror are looking for representation by a literary agency. The Wrestlers and Another Kind of War, a collection of prize-winning short stories, are available on Amazon Kindle.

In the rare moments when I’m not writing or reading I play the clarinet, enjoy film, theatre, photography, ornithology, travelling, gardening, walking with my dog, and sitting outside café’s watching the world wander past.

A full list of my publications can be seen by making an author search on Amazon or by visiting my website: geraldbenedict.com

Recorded interviews of me talking about two of my books can be seen on these links:

The Five-Minute Philosopher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K7VIpQZUzQ

The God Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c30l2ClxHU