Benjamin Akira Tallamy (Born April 6th 1984) is a British writer and musician.

Growing up in the sleepy county of Devon, Ben left school at fifteen, notoriously truant throughout much of his education. Exposed at a young age to an abundance of music and literature, Ben was primarily self-educated – encouraged by his loving parents and grandmother to pursue writing.

His first major works were screenplays, but in 2006 Ben completed his first set of novels – The Cold Highways trilogy.

Shortly after their completion, Ben began to focus on his music again – appearing as a founding member of groups such as; The mutineers, The pyrates and Catherine and the owl.

In 2008 Catherine and the owl released a debut EP ‘I’, which was well-received by local press. This was followed up in 2010 with a second EP ‘By your hand I am spared’ – for which Ben also produced the artwork.

His debut solo album ‘The melody of distaste’ was released in 2011, following a humorous Christmas single ‘Christmas is a sham – elegy for Aled Jones.’ Ben played over nine different instruments on the album, multi-tracking them in live overdubs.