Ben Marshall is professional scriptwriter, and emerging novelist. 

Shortlisted in the Emerging Writer category of the Queensland Literary Awards 2017, his award credits also include the short film True Love, by Ignition Films.

Currently writing a young adult trilogy set around the Pacific during the Second World War, Ben has just won Brio Books' Fantastica Prize 2019 for his novel The Last Circus on Earth, which will be published in 2020.