Ben Aaronovitch

Ben Aaronovitch
Aaronovitch at a Forbidden Planet event
Born	1964 (age 52–53) London, England
Occupation	Author
Notable works	Rivers of London Remembrance of the Daleks
Spouse	Marie Aaronovitch (née Fofana) (m. 1992)
Relatives	Sam Aaronovitch, Owen Aaronovitch, David Aaronovitch

Ben Denis Aaronovitch (born 1964) is a British author best known for the best-selling Rivers of London series of novels.

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.

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.

Aaronovitch currently lives in Wimbledon and is working on a series of urban fantasy police procedurals (Rivers of London).