Benjamin Markovits is a British-American writer. He is the author of seven novels, among them a trilogy on the life of

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. He was selected as one of the

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'' 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

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and the

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. After college, he played professional basketball in Landshut, Germany, for a team in the southern league of the German second division. He now lives in London, where he teaches creative writing at

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, University of London.

Bibliography

* 2004: ''The Syme Papers'' * 2005: ''Either Side of Winter'' * 2007: ''Imposture'' * 2008: ''A Quiet Adjustment'' * 2010: ''Playing Days: A Novel'' * 2011: ''Childish Loves'' * 2015: ''You Don't Have to Live Like This'' * 2018: ''A Weekend in New York'' * 2019: ''Christmas in Austin''

Awards and recognition

* 2006: Le Prince Maurice Prize * 2009: Fellowship, Radcliffe Centre for Humanities * 2013: ''

'' Best of Young British Novelists * 2016: James Tait Black Prize for Fiction

References

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