David Benioff
David Benioff was born and raised in New York City. He adapted his first novel, The 25th Hour, into the feature film directed by Spike Lee. With many other screenplays to his credit, he is also the writer of the films, "Brothers" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Stories from his critically...
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David Benioff was born and raised in New York City. He adapted his first novel, The 25th Hour, into the feature film directed by Spike Lee. With many other screenplays to his credit, he is also the writer of the films, "Brothers" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Stories from his critically acclaimed collection When the Nines Roll Over appeared in Best New American Voices and The Best Nonrequired American Reading. His latest novel is City of Thieves. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Amanda Peet and daughter where he is a co-creator and writer for the HBO hit series "Game of Thrones."
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I'm not accustomed to listening to audiobooks, so I'd like to read-read this at some point. I wasn't completely enthralled by the audio version, so my rating could go up; on the other hand, if I'm giving it my undivided attention in print (as opposed to giving at least half my attention to the act o...
This is a well written historical novel that describes the adventures of some young Russians during the siege of Leningrad during World War II. Needless to say, it was not a good time for humanity. But if you want to tell a story of life and death, a time that concentrates the mind, you tell a sto...
Consistently clean, smart prose, and a decent quest novel centered around the WWII siege of St. Petersburg and the search for a dozen eggs. Benioff writes male-male relationships well, and has an ear for clever (but not too clever) dialogue, and cuts across tones (the silly McGuffin of the egg-ques...