Occupation Author/Writer Movies Dark Knight Parents Sam Aaronovitch | Role Author Name Ben Aaronovitch | |
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Born 1964 (age 50–51)London, England Notable works Rivers of LondonRemembrance of the Daleks Spouse Marie Aaronovitch (nee Fofana) (m. 1992) Siblings David Aaronovitch, Owen Aaronovitch Books Rivers of London, Foxglove Summer, Moon Over Soho, Whispers Under Ground, Broken Homes Similar People |
Ben aaronovitch the writer of the rivers of london supernatural crime novels londoner 76
Ben Denis Aaronovitch (born 1964) is a British author. He is best known for the best-selling Rivers of London series of novels, as well as writing two Doctor Who serials in the late 1980s and other spin-off novels from the series.
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- Ben aaronovitch the writer of the rivers of london supernatural crime novels londoner 76
- Ben aaronovitch
- Family
- Doctor Who and television work
- Rivers of London
- Doctor Who
- Casualty
- Jupiter Moon
- Dark Knight
- Blakes 7
- Novelisations
- Virgin New Adventures
- Others
- Rivers of London Body Work
- Rivers of London Night Witch
- Rivers of London Black Mould
- Rivers of London Detective Stories
- Short stories
- Rivers of London series
- References

Ben aaronovitch
Family
Aaronovitch is the son of the late economist Sam Aaronovitch, a senior member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and the younger brother of actor Owen Aaronovitch and journalist David Aaronovitch. He attended Holloway School.
Doctor Who and television work
Aaronovitch wrote two Doctor Who serials Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) and Battlefield (1989) for BBC television, and also the novelization of the former.
He wrote one episode for Casualty (1990) and was then a regular writer on science fiction series Jupiter Moon.
He subsequently wrote or co-wrote three Doctor Who spin-off novels in the Virgin Publishing New Adventures range; he created the character Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart who became a semi-regular in the New Adventures. He has also written a novel and several short stories published by Big Finish Productions featuring the character of Bernice Summerfield, who was originally developed in the New Adventures. He also co-wrote a Doctor Who audio drama for Big Finish, and has written a number of Blake's 7 spin-off audio dramas.
Rivers of London
Aaronovitch currently lives in Wimbledon and is working on a series of urban fantasy police procedurals (Rivers of London).