Benjamin Woolley

Benjamin Woolley is an author, media journalist and television presenter.

In 2018, he published The King's Assassin, about the affair between James VI and I and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. In its review, Kirkus reviews considered it a "perfect choice for readers who love English history, especially the Stuart period." In 2024, it formed the basis for Mary & George, a British historical drama miniseries created by D. C. Moore starring Julianne Moore.

Biography

Woolley studied philosophy and politics at Durham University, graduating in 1979. Woolley currently teaches English literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Books

(about Nicholas Culpeper) (about John Dee) (about Ada Lovelace)

TV programmes Woolley presented Games Britannia, a documentary on the painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump for BBC Four, and an episode of The Late Show, Libraries and Civilization. Together with Martyn Ives, David H. Levy, and David Taylor, Woolley won a 1998 News & Documentary Emmy Award in the "Individual Achievement in a Craft, Writer" category for the script of the documentary 3 Minutes to Impact produced by York Films for the Discovery Channel.