Ben Aaronovitch

Ben Aaronovitch
Born	1964 (age 59–60) London, England
Occupation	Author/Writer
Notable works	Rivers of London Remembrance of the Daleks
Spouse	Marie Aaronovitch (née Fofana) (m. 1992)
Relatives	Owen Aaronovitch David Aaronovitch

Ben Denis Aaronovitch (born 1964) is the London-born British author of the best selling Rivers of London series of novels.

Biography

Family

Aaronovitch is the son of the late economist Sam Aaronovitch, a senior member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and the younger brother of actor Owen Aaronovitch and journalist David Aaronovitch. He attended Holloway School.

Doctor Who and TV work

Aaronovitch wrote two Doctor Who serials Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) and Battlefield (1989) for BBC television, and also the novelization of the former.

He wrote one episode for Casualty (1990) and was then a regular writer on science fiction series Jupiter Moon.

He subsequently wrote or co-wrote three Doctor Who spin-off novels in the Virgin Publishing New Adventures range; he created the character Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart who became a semi-regular in the New Adventures. He has also written a novel and several short stories published by Big Finish Productions featuring the character of Bernice Summerfield, who was originally developed in the New Adventures. He also co-wrote a Doctor Who audio drama for Big Finish, and has written a number of Blake's 7 spin-off audio dramas.

Rivers of London

Aaronovitch currently lives in Wimbledon and is working on a series of urban fantasy police procedurals (Rivers of London).

Television

Doctor Who

• Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
• Battlefield (1989)

Casualty

• "Results" (1990)

Jupiter Moon

• Episode 69 (1990)
• Episode 70 (1990)
• Episode 80 (1990)
• Episode 81 (1990)
• Episode 95 (1990)
• Episode 119 (1996)
• Episode 120 (1996)
• Episode 131 (1996)
• Episode 132 (1996)
• Episode 148 (1996)

Dark Knight

• "Stonegod" (2001)

Audio Dramas

Blake's 7

• Rebel (2007)
• When Vila Met Gan (2008)
• Eye of the Machine (2008)
• Blood and Earth (2009)

Doctor Who

• Earth Aid (with Andrew Cartmel; 2011)

Novels

Doctor Who novelisations

• Remembrance of the Daleks

Virgin New Adventures (Doctor Who)

• Transit
• The Also People
• So Vile a Sin (with Kate Orman)

Rivers of London

• Rivers of London (known as Midnight Riot in the U.S.) (2011)
• Moon Over Soho (2011)
• Whispers Under Ground (2012)
• Broken Homes (2013) ISBN 9780575132467
• Foxglove Summer (November 2014)
• The Hanging Tree (Due June 2016)

Others

• Genius Loci

Comics

Rivers of London - Body Work

• Body Work #1 - 16th July 2015
• Body Work #2 - 19th August 2015
• Body Work #3 - 16th September 2015
• Body Work #4 - 21st October 2015
• Body Work #5 - 20th November 2015

Short stories

• Gone Fishing in Short Trips: Time Signature
• Walking Backwards for Christmas in Something Changed
• The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam in Missing Adventures

Rivers of London series

• The Home Crowd Advantage in the 'London Edition' of Rivers of London
• The Domestic in the special Waterstones edition of Whispers Under Ground
• The Cockpit in the special Waterstones edition of Broken Homes
• The Loneliness of the Long Distance Granny in the special Waterstones edition of Foxglove Summer

External links

• Official website
• Ben Aaronovitch at the Internet Movie Database
• Ben Aaronovitch at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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