Born in Belfast, Ireland, 1958.
He is the author of several novels. He has also written screenplays for film and television, mostly recently the highly acclaimed Hamburg Cell.
Today Ronan Bennett lives in London with his family.
Bibliography
Novels
The Second Prison (1991)
Overthrown by Strangers (1992)
The Catastrophist (1998)
Havoc: In its Third Year (2004)
Zugzwang (2006)
Non-fiction
Stolen Years: Before and After Guildford (with Paul Hill, 1990)
Fire and Rain (broadcast on Radio 4, 1994)
Feature films
A Further Gesture, aka The Break (1997)
Lucky Break (2001) Face (1997)
Hamburg Cell (2004) This fictional account looks into the lives of the young Arab men who would eventually lead the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Television
Love Lies Bleeding (1993)
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day (1994)
Rebel Heart (2001)
Fields of Gold (2002)
Short films
Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs? (2002)
Awards
Whitbread Book Awards
Best Novel nominee (1998) | The Catastrophist
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
Best Novel nominee (2004) | Havoc: In Its Third Year
The Booker Prize
Best Novel nominee (2004) | Havoc: In Its Third Year
Hughes and Hughes/ Sunday
Independent Irish Novel of the Year Award (2005) | Havoc: In Its Third Year
