Benji Alexander Palus
Benji Alexander Palus was born in 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the middle of five siblings. At the age of twenty-six he moved to New Orleans where he still resides in the city's French Quarter.
Palus is also an artist of note and a rising figure in Contemporary Realism, having one of his paintings selected for the Seventh Annual International Realism Guild Exhibit in Carmel, CA. His artwork can be viewed on his website.
Palus has spent a lot of time at Children's Hospital of New Orleans working, playing, and caring for children affected by pediatric cancers. The Magic Pumpkin, his award-winning first novel, is a moving fantasy tale inspired by the courage, strength and resilient joy of these littlest heroes.
website: benjialexanderpalus.com