Ben Marcus is the author of four books of fiction: The Flame Alphabet, Leaving the Sea, Notable American Women, and The Age of Wire and String. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award, the Berlin Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in fiction, a Guggenheim fellowship, and three Pushcart Prizes.
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Ben Marcus has received numerous awards for his groundbreaking fiction, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and three Pushcart Prizes. In The Flame Alphabet, Marcus creates a chilling world where the speech of children is killing their ... SEE MORE