Ben H. Winters is the author of nine novels, including most recently the New York Times bestselling Underground Airlines. His novel Countdown City was an NPR Best Book of 2013 and the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for Distinguished Science Fiction, and The Last Policeman was the recipient of the 2012 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America; it was also named one of the Best Booksof 2012 by Amazon.com and Slate. Ben also writes books for children and his journalism has appeared in The Chicago Reader, The Nation, In These Times, USA Today and Huffington Post. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and their three children.
A rich noir in a terrifingly convincing alternate America. It's both beautiful and brutal. The Handmaid's Tale for Black Lives Matter. * Lauren Beukes * A top-flight thriller that's as emotionally searing and tragically plausible as anything in contemporary fiction. * Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians * Winters has written a book that will make you see the world in a new light. * Washington Post * This one kept me up all night and changed the way I saw the world once I was finished. * Time Magazine * Ben H. Winters new novel (Underground Airlines) makes the word 'thrilling' seem inadequate. Not only could I not stop reading it, it changed the way I looked at everything around me once I was finished. * Observer *