Chloe Benjamin writes literary fiction about ambition, fate, belief and the stories people build around uncertain futures. The Immortalists begins in 1969 when four siblings visit a fortune teller who claims to know the date each of them will die; the novel then follows them separately through adulthood as that knowledge influences risk, love, work and family. The Anatomy of Dreams centres on a student drawn into a research project about lucid dreaming, where questions about consciousness become entangled with personal loyalty and scientific ethics. Benjamin’s novels are structurally controlled and idea-driven but remain focused on individual choices and relationships. They fit contemporary literary fiction, speculative-leaning family sagas and novels interested in psychology, prediction and the limits of what people can know. Read more Less
