Benjamin Kerstein is an Israeli-American writer, editor, film critic, and novelist. Michael J. Totten, the prize-winning author of The Road to Fatima Gate, has called him "one of the finest American-Israeli authors of his generation."
His work has appeared in Azure: Ideas for the Jewish People, The Jerusalem Post, Senses of Cinema, Cbs.com, The New Ledger, Jewish Ideas Daily, The Times of Israel, Haaretz, PJ Media, and others. Jay Nordlinger of the National Review has referred to his work as "some of the most intelligent, clearest, most honest writing I have read in a long time."
His indie fiction is deeply influenced by French depressionism of Michel Houellebecq, the fantasias of Jorge Luis Borges, and the dystopian landscapes of J.G. Ballard. He lives in Tel Aviv.