Raymond Benson

American short story writer and novelist

Person Human Q721999

Raymond Benson — Darko.kerim · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

15 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: September 6, 1955
Place of birth: Texas, Midland^[7]
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: short story writer, novelist, writer, composer
Educated at: University of Texas at Austin, Permian High School^[9]^[10]
Official website: www.raymondbenson.com^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[17]
Family name: Wood^[13]
Given name: Raymond^[14]
Member of: David Michaels^[11]
Pseudonym: David Michaels^[15]
Social media followers: +1684^[19]
Writing language: English^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 44

ISNI: 0000000071418720
VIAF cluster ID: 7552765
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n82219959
GND ID: 122282639
BIBSYS ID: 98015391
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): BensonRaymond1955-
Babelio author ID: 71832
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13551833w
Bluesky handle: raymondbenson.bsky.social
CBDB.cz author ID: 11716
CONOR.SI ID: 26135139
DBC author ID: 87097968114624

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Databazeknih.cz author ID: 5775
Europeana entity: agent/base/66216
Fandom article ID: jamesbond:Raymond_Benson
Fantastic Fiction author ID: b/raymond-benson
Freebase ID: /m/0118q5pj
Goodreads author ID: 18292
HAND ID: C3BE-4671-B27B-8CC7-699F
IMDb ID: nm0072624
ISFDB author ID: 115249
IdRef ID: 057695601
KBR person ID: 14499272
Kinobox person ID: 1529868
Libraries Australia ID: 36216513
NDL Authority ID: 00673100
NL CR AUT ID: xx0004801
NLA Trove people ID: 1230944
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000542496
NUKAT ID: n00043328
National Library of Brazil ID: 000552640
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810605423505606, 9810618136005606
National Library of Portugal ID: 893028
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1461192
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071070443
Obálky knih ID: xx0004801
Open Library ID: OL33236A
SBN author ID: TO0V309525
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 290349
SNAC ARK ID: w65b29t2
SVKKL authority ID: p0086931-Benson-Raymond-1955
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmXDXcdqhKkrbQ8k36h73
X (Twitter) username: RaymondBenson
Yale LUX ID: person/2002785c-db5b-461b-8632-764564cc267e

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

writer, composer, novelist, short story writer

Works by author 2

The Man with the Red Tattoo, Zero Minus Ten

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

University of Texas at Austin

Family name 1

Wood

Given name 1

Raymond

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Texas

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Raymond Benson was born on September 6, 1955^[1], in Texas^[2]. He has worked as a short story writer^[3], novelist^[4], writer^[5], and composer^[6].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Raymond Benson include The Man with the Red Tattoo^[20], a written work^[21] and Zero Minus Ten^[22], a written work^[23].

FAQs

Where was Raymond Benson born?

Raymond Benson's place of birth was Texas^[2].

What did Raymond Benson do for work?

Raymond Benson worked as a short story writer^[3], novelist^[4], writer^[5], and composer^[6].

Where did Raymond Benson go to school?

Raymond Benson was educated at University of Texas at Austin^[9] and Permian High School^[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Raymond Benson — place of birth (P19): Texas. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Raymond Benson — place of birth (P19): Midland. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Raymond Benson — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Raymond Benson — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Raymond Benson — educated at (P69): University of Texas at Austin. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Raymond Benson — educated at (P69): Permian High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Raymond Benson — occupation (P106): short story writer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Raymond Benson — occupation (P106): novelist. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Raymond Benson — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Raymond Benson — occupation (P106): composer. Retrieved 2019-05-22. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Raymond Benson — member of (P463): David Michaels. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Raymond Benson — date of birth (P569): September 6, 1955. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-17. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Raymond Benson — family name (P734): Wood. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Raymond Benson — given name (P735): Raymond. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Raymond Benson — pseudonym (P742): David Michaels. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Raymond Benson — official website (P856): http://www.raymondbenson.com. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Raymond Benson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Raymond Benson — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Raymond Benson — social media followers (P8687): 1684. wikidata.org.

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

[21] ↑ The Man with the Red Tattoo — P31: written work. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[23] ↑ Zero Minus Ten — P31: written work. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Place of birth → Texas, Midland

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57880: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
5w ago · Spinster300 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

National Library of Brazil ID → 000552640

"Created claim: National Library of Brazil ID: 000552640, Added with moreIdentifiers"
12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

DBC author ID → 87097968114624

NL CR AUT ID → xx0004801

NSK (VIAF) ID → 000542496

HAND ID → C3BE-4671-B27B-8CC7-699F

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"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46470: HAND ID (9)"
21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Educated at → University of Texas at Austin, Permian High School

Family name → Wood

Country of citizenship → United States

Sex or gender → male

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"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: p0086931-Benson-Raymond-1955, batch #259497"

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