Ben Marney

I've been blessed to have spent most of my life traveling the globe, and I have met some interesting people and seen some incredible things along the way. Although my novels are works of fiction, they are based on real people I've met and the fantastic places I've been. For over four decades, along with my wife Dana, we have literally toured the world as professional singers and entertainers. We have performed our shows in bars, nightclubs, theaters, and major cruise lines, including Disney, Princess, NCL, RCCL, Holland America, and Oceania. In our long career, we have owned a nightclub, a music theater, charted three records in Billboard’s top 100, and opened in concert for12 major stars, including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., David Allen Coe, Rich Little and Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers. I've also been lucky to have a successful voice-over career, voicing thousands of radio and television commercials and narrating three national television shows for the Discovery, Destination America, and Sportsman networks. I was also the host and narrator of "Freebird; Lynard Skynard Southern Rock Channel" on SiriusXM radio in 2018 and 2019. I began writing poetry as a teen to impress girls; since then, I've written hundreds of songs, published my first novel, “SING ROSES FOR ME,” in 2013, and am now working on my ninth book. I am honored that two of my novels, AN AUGUST HARVEST and ANOTHER LIFETIME AGO, won the 2020 and 2021 MAXI AWARD FOR BEST ROMANCE. Also… ANOTHER LIFETIME AGO won the 2020 PAGE TURNER AWARDS FOR SCREEN ADAPTATION. I have also written a collection of autobiographical short stories about my extraordinary life called “Lyrics Of My Life.” My novels are partly truth and partly fiction. They are based on my years in the music business, including events I've experienced and many vivid memories of my world travels. I am no longer performing on the ships. Instead, I'm concentrating on writing my ninth novel and my voice-over career. To learn more about my unique life, go to: www.benmarneybooks.com www.benanddanamusic.com www.benmarney.com