# Benjamin Cheever

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For the U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient, see [Benjamin H. Cheever Jr.](/source/Benjamin_H._Cheever_Jr.)

American writer and editor (vorn 1948)

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Benjamin Cheever Born Benjamin Hale Cheever (1948-10-08) October 8, 1948 (age 77) United States Education Loomis Chaffee School Occupations Writer, editor Spouse Janet Maslin Children 2 Parent John Cheever Relatives Susan Cheever (sister) Website benjaminhcheever.com

**Benjamin Hale Cheever** (born October 8, 1948) is an American writer and editor. He has written four adult fiction novels, one children's book, and two nonfiction books.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

His parents were Mary Winternitz and writer [John Cheever](/source/John_Cheever)[1][2] His sister is writer [Susan Cheever](/source/Susan_Cheever).

## Selected works

**Books**[*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*]

- Cheever, Benjamin (1992); *Plagiarist;* [Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster); [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0689121539](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0689121539)

- Cheever, Benjamin (1994); *The Partisan;* Simon & Schuster; [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0689121741](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0689121741)

- Cheever, Benjamin (1994); *Famous After Death;* [Bloomsbury USA](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing); [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780609600054](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780609600054)

- Cheever, Benjamin (2004); *The Good Nanny;* Bloomsbury USA; [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781596911208](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781596911208)

- Cheever, Benjamin (2009); *The First Dog;* [Bad Dog Publishing](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bad_Dog_Publishing&action=edit&redlink=1); [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0615300146](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0615300146)

- Cheever, Benjamin (2002); *Selling Ben Cheever: Back to Square One in a Service Economy*. Bloomsbury USA; [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1582341583](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1582341583)

- Cheever, Benjamin (2007); *Strides: Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete;* [Rodale Books](/source/Rodale%2C_Inc.); [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1594862281](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1594862281)

**As editor**

- Cheever, John (2009); *The Letters of John Cheever;* Simon & Schuster; [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1439164649](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1439164649)

## Personal life

Cheever lives in [Pleasantville, New York](/source/Pleasantville%2C_New_York).[3]

## See also

- [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography)
- [Books portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Books)
- [New York (state) portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:New_York_(state))

- [List of American novelists](/source/List_of_American_novelists)

- [List of children's literature writers](/source/List_of_children's_literature_writers)

- [List of Loomis Chaffee School alumni](/source/List_of_Loomis_Chaffee_School_alumni)

- [List of people from New York (state)](/source/List_of_people_from_New_York_(state))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** McGrath, Charles (February 27, 2009). ["The First Suburbanite (Published 2009)"](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/magazine/01cheever-t.html?pagewanted=all). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200527010724/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/magazine/01cheever-t.html?pagewanted=all) from the original on May 27, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [About Selling Ben Cheever: Back to Square One in a Service Economy](https://books.google.com/books?id=SAEspbeS15UC)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Bio | Benjamin H. Cheever"](http://benjaminhcheever.com/bio-2/).

## External links

- [Official website](http://benjaminhcheever.com/)

- [Essay by Ben Cheever](https://web.archive.org/web/20141202134319/http://randomhouse.com/boldtype/0499/cheever/essay.html)

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