Benjamin Law

Benjamin Law is a Sydney-based journalist, Good Weekend columnist and TV screenwriter. He’s the author of two books – the black comedy memoir The Family Law (2010) and the travelogue Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012). Both books were nominated for Australian Book Industry Awards, and The Family Law is now a major TV series on SBS, with the third and final season now streaming.

Benjamin also has a PhD in creative writing from QUT, has taught writing to both adults and children, and is a regular speaker on radio, TV and at writers’ festivals across the country.

Benjamin has written for over 50 publications in Australia and beyond-including The Monthly, frankie, Good Weekend, the Guardian, The Australian, Monocle and the Australian Financial Review.

The Family Law is now also an award-winning TV series for SBS, which Benjamin created and co-writes. Benjamin was also a researcher and associate producer on Blackfella Films’ Deep Water: The Real Story (SBS) and a writer on Endemol Shine’s Sisters (Ten).

You can hear him co-hosting ABC RN’s weekly pop culture show Stop Everything, and watch him as a panellist on TV shows like ABC’s Screen Time, Q&A and The Drum.