Ben R. Williams is an author, playwright, and performer hailing from Bassett, VA.
2007 3-Day Novel- Big Nasty Heartbreaker
2008 Book- Hard Times for Ugly Men (through lulu.com) 3-Day Novel- The Nightjars
2009 Play- Ant Farm (directed by Todd Ristau at Studio Roanoke) Book- Hard Times for Ugly Men: Revised and Expanded (through lulu.com) 3-Day Novel- Cat Killer
2010 Staged Reading- Getting Ahead (directed by Ben R. Williams at Studio Roanoke) Staged Reading- Gentlemen of the First Water (directed by Dwayne Yancey at Studio Roanoke) Book- 3x3 (through lulu.com) 3-Day Novel- Screwheads and Rat Finks
2011 Play- Man With Wings (directed by Kenley Smith at Studio Roanoke) Album- F**k You, This is Death Newman by Death Newman (through Sewn Together Records) 3-Day Novel- Humbug Book- Dinosaur Hell (through lulu.com)
2012 Album Supplement- The New Orgonian: The Bastards of Fate Must Be Destroyed Overnight Sensations Play- The Lonesome Whale (Directed by Charlie Boswell at Hollins University) 3- Day Novel- Giant
2013 48 Hour Novel- Killer Entomologist Staged Reading- Volles Haus (Directed by Ben R. Williams at Community High School and Brian O'Sullivan at Studio Roanoke) Staged Reading- Sitting Up With the Dead (Directed by Drew Dowdy at Mill Mountain Theater) Overnight Sensations Play- People Like Us (Directed by Michael Mansfield at Mill Mountain Theatre) 3-Day Novel- Hellwether
2014 Short Film- Scavenger's Daughter (Directed by Doug Cheatwood, written by Ben R. Williams)