About Me
D.E.Bench
I spent most of my adult life working in the healthcare industry; however, I retired in May 2022 to devote more time to writing and music. I developed a renewed interest in writing in 2015 after illustrating The New Kid, a children’s book written by my wife, Liesl, in 1996. Yes, I can be a bit of a procrastinator. I have since written and illustrated two other children’s books, Take Me to the Zoo! and Take Me to the Beach! I completed my first novella, Hawking’s Highway, in 2021, and Death in the Shadow of Oberon followed in the summer of 2022. All are published under Bench Press Publishing through Lulu and are available in paperback and eBook format from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and many other online sellers. An Elegy for Fools is listed as Book One of the Tibaran Chronicles; If all goes well, there will be two more: Ti’irnok’s End and Terra Reborn—a prequel and a sequel. When not writing, I enjoy cooking, playing guitar and Hofner electric bass, and spending time with his family (including an African Gray parrot with an attitude). I currently live in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Finished Works
Below are links to print and e-book copies of my finished books:
"An Elegy for Fools" paperback & ebook
"Death in the Shadow of Oberon" paperback & ebook
"Hawking's Highway" paperback & eBook
"Take Me to the Beach!" paperback
"Take Me to the Zoo!" paperback
"The New Kid" hardcover
e-books and other versions can be found here: