Ben Bruce

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Author of The Regulators series. Work in TV. Interviews authors while quizzing at The UK Crime Book Club on FB. Linktr.ee/benbruce

Image reads 1. What's your favorite part of writing? 2. What's the scariest thing you've ever written? 3. Do you usually write happy, sad, or other kinds of endings? 4. Who is your favorite author? 5. What's your favorite type of scene to write? 6. What's your favorite type of symbolism? 7. What's your least favorite part of writing? 8. Where do your ideas come from? 9. What're your favorite themes? 10. What's the most wholesome thing you've written? 11. Have you ever had writer's block? 12. Do you have a favorite character? 13. What drives you to write? 14. What's your favorite part of your current WIP? 15. Do you have a favorite of your writing projects? 16. Do you enjoy editing? 17. What's the saddest thing you've ever written? 18. Do you like long or short form writing better? 19. What's the hardest thing to write? 20. What song(s) inspire you to write? 21. Do you have a specific type of reader in mind when you write? 22. Is your prose more purple or beige? 23. Do you have any monsterous characters, metaphorically or literally? 24. What're your favorite books? 25. Do you usually write with specific themes in mind, or find them during writing? One like, One answer! A Writer Ask Game! Theodore Snapdragon 26. Does being a writer impact how you see the world? 27. What's the weirdest thing you've ever written? The shortest? 28. Would you say you love writing? 29. Is there a specific author you want to be like? 30. What's the most annoying task in writing? 31. What's your biggest grammar pet peeve? 32. Which of your characters do you find yourself thinking of the most? 33. Do you have other passions besides writing? 34. What's the most romantic thing you've ever written? 35. How do you establish setting in your writing? 36. Do you enjoy writing dialogue? 37. How much time do you spend inventing background lore for your writing? 38. What's the longest thing you've ever written? 39. Do you have a favorite genre to write in? And more…
Poster for an author chat with Ajay Chowdhury, who will be talking to Ben Bruce on the Facebook group; UK Crime Book Club about his latest novel Eden Falls, Friday July 31st at 7pm.
Poster for Preston Crime Fiction Festival. Text reads 25-27 September 2026 Sunday 27 September Preston Masonic Hall Ashlar House, Saul Street, PRI 2QU Panel 1: The architect of the crime: building the perfect mystery With Ben Bruce, D. V. Bishop, David Beckler and moderator Liz Mistry 10.00-10.55 Book signing: 10.55-11.15 Panel 2: The psychology of secrets With Caroline England, Tim Sullivan, Andrew James Greig and moderator Caroline Maston 11.15-12.10 Book signing: 12.10-12.30 Break 12.10-13.10 Panel 3: The chronicles of time: writing the past vs writing the present With Vaseem Khan, Anna Mazzola, Christie J. Newport and moderator Guy Hale Panel 4: The burden of proof: trauma, plausibility and honest mistruths With Lesley Kara, Simon McCleave, Liz Mistry and moderator lain Grant 13.15-14.10 Book signing: 14.10-14.30 14.30-15.25 Book signing: 15.25-15.45 15.45-16.40 Panel 5: Extra panel TBC! Book signing: 16.40-17.00 The festival will draw to a close at 6.30 p.m. Thank you so much for joining us!
Image of book cover for The Regulators, which features two shadowy men on a dusty orange background. Text reads; " 1 The Regulators: Justice Above Law (A Vigilante Thriller) by Ben Bruce (Author) 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 397 The thrills of 24, the swagger of Reacher and the smarts of Spooks. There’s a MERCENARY on the streets of LONDON, protected by a gangland..." Read more See product details for: Kindle £0.00 or £0.99 to buy Audible Logo Audiobook £0.00 with Audible membership or £6.04 to buy Paperback £8.49"
Picture of the gimps the Tates and headlines that reads “Andrew Tate and brother arrested in US after more charges laid against them in UK”
Plant description board. Text reads. Spotted Medick Medicago arabica Description The clue is in the name- the leaves of Spotted Medio have dark spots and the flowers are yellow. The seeds are small and round in spirals with spines. Medics belong to the Pea family and the flowers are pea-like but very small and in a cluster.
A red dart embedded just under a dart board with a blue dart rested side on, on top of it.
Picture of an ad for a bottle of 1664 Kronenbourg Rose. Yes, you heard me. Kronenbourg Rose. Text on ad reads 1664 KROMENBOURG ROSE THE PERFECT SUMMER DRINK Served ice cold £5.75
Picture of a news headline with image of victor Willis. Text reads BREAKING Village People frontman Victor Willis dies aged 74 Culture • 12m ago
Box of four Sainsbury’s Valencia orange ice lollies going in a freezer.
Text reads 1,500,202 Page reads on Kindle
Image of two men holding guns on an orange smokey background in front of the Houses of Parliament. Text reads. The Regulators. Ben Bruce. Justice Above Law.
Image shows a KENP report of page turns for my books over their lifetime which currently sits at 1,499,061.
Poster for The Regulators Dead Line by Ben Bruce. Tag line reads Justice Above Law. Three people stand in action poses on a red backdrop on which are the Houses of Parliament with a helicopter flying over head. Also reads available at Amazon in paperback and Ebook.
Picture of a welcome mat with grassy cat sick on it
Photo of footballer Elijah Just. Caption reads: World Cup 2026> New Zealand's Elijah Just scores twice in 2-2 draw with Iran World Cup
Book cover for The Regulators Parallel Execution by Ben Bruce featuring a drone on a blue and yellow background
Screen shot from the game Skycards. Text reads TODAY'S MISSIONS COMPLETE ALL IN 15 HOURS Catch a Bombardier aircraft Catch a Beech aircraft Catch an ATR aircraft REWARDS COMPLETE ALL MISSIONS TO UNLOCK litem Claim 50 coins Claim 5 photos Claim
Photo of me staring indifferently at the camera with a glass of white in hand. Caption reads; “When your book delivery for the festival is split into two packages of 27 & 3, but the box containing 27 is damaged to the point of it all being ruined, so there's nothing to do but drink the last of the Chardonnay... #FML #AUTHORLIFE”
Picture of David Sullivan underneath headline that read “David Sullivan banned from contact with West Ham women's and youth teams since 2023”
Three emails sent by me to me at 15:30, 15:33, 15:39. One has the title PLOT and reads “they should go…” but everything else on the emails is obscured, cuz SPOILERS!
Banner for The Regulators: Parallel Execution by Ben Bruce. A drone soars through blue and yellow clouds. A 3d rendering of the book with the same image on it is on the right.
Me, a moderate looking middle aged Brit with stubble and an Eagles cap, holding my brand new book The Regulators Parallel Execution, which has a drone on the front cover.
Picture of two Tottenham and two West Ham players. Caption reads "why the stakes are so high for Spurs and West Ham."
Ryan Gosling as Dr. Ryland Grace wearing a Project Hail Mary trucker hat.
Email that reads Coming soon from Ben Bruce We thought you'd like to know about this upcoming book release by an author you follow. Coming soon from an author you follow BEN BRUCE REGULATORS PARALLEL EXECUTION JUSTICE ABOVE LAW Kindle Edition: £3.99 Book 4 of 4: The Regulators Release date: 12 June 2026 The Regulators: Parallel Execution by Ben Bruce The thrills of 24, the swagger of Reacher, the smarts of Spooks and the intrigue of Line of Duty... Deep behind enemy lines, JACK QUINN hunts down a brutal war criminal. It's a mission that seems run of the... Also shows the cover of the book with a drone emerging from a stylised blue and yellow cloud
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Image of my best half marathon time. Reads; “21.42 Kilometers Time: 2:19:22 Avg. Pace 6:30”
A wide angle photo of dark grey foreboding sky over a suburban garden and rooftops with rain streaming down in the distance.
Picture of an email, from Ben Bruce to Ben Bruce sent yesterday. Body of email reads; “They’ve bloody retrofit them you twat. Last minute job. Obviously.”
Image of the top of the highland football league table. 1st Brora Rangers Played 33 Goal difference 62 Points 74 Won 23 2nd Brechin Played 33 Goal difference 58 Points 74 Won 23
My lock screen showing the NASA photo of the lunar eclipse taken by the astronauts aboard Orion.
My needle stars. 1196 games played. 100% games so. Current streak 1000, max stream 1000. 52% won in <4.
Breakdown of my nerdle stats. It reads Badges Statistics Leagues Games played 1195 games won 100% current streak 999 Max streak 999 in <4 52%
Copy of Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky which shows a spaceship approaching a green, ringed planet with strange growths on the rings.
Picture of some Sainsbury’s Double Takes, their store brand version of a Kit Kat.