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Ali Benjamin

Biography

Ali Benjamin

Ali Benjamin is the author of the young adult novel THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH, an international bestseller and a National Book Award finalist. Her THE NEXT GREAT PAULIE FINK was named a top children’s book of the year by Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, the New York Public Library and the Los Angeles Public Library. Her work has been published in more than 25 languages in more than 30 countries. Originally from the New York City area, she now lives in Massachusetts. THE SMASH-UP is her first adult novel.

Ali Benjamin

Books by Ali Benjamin

The Smash-Up
by Ali Benjamin - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Ethan has always been one of the good guys, and for years, nobody has appreciated this fact more than his wife, Zo. Until now. Jolted into activism by the 2016 election, Zo has transformed their home into the headquarters for the local resistance, turning their comfortable decades-long marriage inside-out. Meanwhile, their boisterous daughter, Alex, grows wilder by the day. Ethan’s former business partner needs help saving the media company they’d co-founded. Financial disaster looms. Enter a breezy, blue-haired millennial making her way through the gig economy. Suddenly, Ethan faces a choice unlike any he’s ever had to make.

The Thing About Jellyfish
by Ali Benjamin - Youth Fiction
Positive: A Memoir
by Paige Rawl with Ali Benjamin - Nonfiction, Young Adult 14+

Paige Rawl has been HIV positive since birth, but growing up, she never felt like her illness defined her. One day in middle school, she disclosed to a friend her HIV-positive status --- and within hours the bullying began. One night, desperate for escape, 15-year-old Paige found herself in her bathroom staring at a bottle of sleeping pills. That could have been the end of her story. Instead, it was only the beginning. Paige's memoir calls for readers to choose action over complacency, compassion over cruelty --- and, above all, to be Positive.