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Benjamin Ludwig

Author Benjamin Ludwig

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  • When you're on the run, checking at every corner...
    “Unforgettable page-turner.”
    — Booklist, starred review
  • Sometimes you find yourself...
    “Perfection.”
    — Library Journal, starred review
  • Believing everything will come together...
    “Unique coming-of-age tale.”
    — Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
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ABOUT  BENJAMIN

Benjamin Ludwig is a teacher, a foster parent, and a writer. He is the author of Ginny Moon, published by HarperCollins | Park Row Books in May, 2017. The book, inspired by his experience adopting a teenager with special needs, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and one of Amazon.com’s 20 Best Books of 2017. To date it has been published in 20 countries.

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Praise

“Ginny Moon is a brilliant debut. In asking us to identify with a developmentally delayed, autistic teenage girl and her peculiar obsession, Ben Ludwig set himself an Olympic degree of difficulty, but he succeeds with the extraordinary Ginny Moon.”
— Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project 

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EVENTS

Monday, April 6, 2020; April 13th; and April 20th
Classroom Visits for National Poetry Month
Hillsboro-Deering Middle School
Hillsoboro, NH

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Latest Blog Posts

  • Back from the Paperback Tour!

    Back from the Paperback Tour!

    I’m home from another tour (this one to support the paperback publication of Ginny Moon), and had a particularly great time this time out because in addition to visiting bookstores in several major cities, I went into several public schools as well. It was like being a teacher all over …READ MORE...

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