Emily Benet

Emily Benet is a British-Spanish author.

Early life Benet was born to a Spanish father and a Welsh mother and raised in South London until age 13. She then spent her teen years in Barcelona.

Writing career

Benet has written three notable books, Shopgirl Diaries, Spray Painted Bananas, and "#PleaseRetweet". Spray Painted Bananas was republished in September 2014 by Harper Impulse, an imprint of HarperCollins and renamed the Temp. #PleaseRetweet is her latest book, published in August 2015.

She lists herself as a Wattpad sensation after her book received over one million hits, which led to her signing with a literary agent: MBA. She has a two-book deal with Harper Impulse.

ShopGirl Diaries

Her debut novel, Shopgirl diaries, began as a blog about working in her parents' chandelier shop and was commissioned as a book by Salt Publishing. It was also made into a short film starring Blake Harrison from the Inbetweeners, Katy Wix and Annette Badland. The short film was selected for The London Short Film Festival in January 2014.