Peter Benson
Children	Ella (1995)

Peter Benson was born in Kent, UK and is the award-winning author of seven novels. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 His work has been described as ‘a far-reaching exploration into unlikely relationships’ and is characterised by the precision of its language, characterisations and approach.

Bibliography

Novels

• 1987, The Levels (Constable and Penguin Books)
• 1989, A Lesser Dependency (Macmillan and Penguin Books)
• 1990, The Other Occupant (Macmillan and Penguin Books)
• 1993, Odo's Hanging (Sceptre)
• 1994, Riptide (Sceptre)
• 1995, A Private Moon (Sceptre)
• 1997, The Shape of Clouds (Sceptre)

Awards

• The Levels - Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize, The Author's Club First Novel Award, and a Betty Trask Prize
• A Lesser Dependency - Winner of The Encore Award
• The Other Occupant - Winner of The Somerset Maugham Award
• Odo's Hanging - Shortlisted, The Daily Express Book of the Year

Penguin Books is a British Publisher founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. Guardian First Book Award issued before 1999 as Guardian Fiction Prize or Guardian Fiction Award is awarded to new writing in Fiction and Non-fiction Author's Club First Novel Award is awarded to the most promising first novel of the year written by a British author and published in the UK during the calendar year preceding the year The Betty Trask Award for a first novel given by the Society of Authors to citizens of the Commonwealth under the age of 35 The Encore Award for a second novel is given by the Society of Authors and was first awarded in 1990 though now awarded biannually The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors.

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