About

Ben Hinshaw is a British-American writer whose debut novel Exactly What You Mean was published in the UK by Viking in March 2022.

Ben’s fiction has appeared in The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners, Granta, Harvard Review, Story, The Carolina Quarterly, The White Review, Lighthouse, The Bridport Prize Anthology 2017 and elsewhere. His writing has been supported by grants and scholarships from the Elizabeth George Foundation, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Community of Writers.

Ben holds MAs in creative writing and cultural geography. He grew up on the island of Guernsey and has also lived in London, Nottingham and Northern California.

Photo by Georgie Prow