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 & Politics at Durham University, graduating in 1979. Woolley currently teaches English Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Books

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.