Benjamin Markovits

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Benjamin Markovits is a British-American writer. He is the author of eleven novels, among them a trilogy on the life of Lord Byron. He was selected as one of the Best of Young British Novelists by Granta magazine in 2013. In 2016, his novel You Don't Have To Live Like This won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction.

Markovits grew up in Texas, London and Berlin, and studied at Yale University and the University of Oxford.{{cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/benjamin-markovits|title=Benjamin Markovits|publisher=British Council, Literature}} After college, he played professional basketball in Landshut, Germany, for a team in the southern league of the German second division.{{Cite web|last=Markovits|first=Benjamin|date=2011-06-13|title=Dirk Nowitzki, NBA Finals MVP: The basketball player as a young man.|url=https://slate.com/culture/2011/06/dirk-nowitzki-nba-finals-mvp-the-basketball-player-as-a-young-man.html|access-date=2020-07-22|website=Slate Magazine|language=en}} He now lives in London, where he teaches creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/may/30/once-upon-life-benjamin-markovits |title= Once upon a life: Benjamin Markovits |website= The Guardian|date=May 30, 2010 |access-date= November 17, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/ben-markovits(37ab7cd4-3ee1-4f26-8627-958b7fd834c7).html|title=Professor Ben Markovits|publisher=Royal Holloway, University of London}}