Benedict is a thirty year old writer from Ireland, currently based in Paris.

He has been longlisted for the Bridport Prize (2021), Fish Short Story Prize (2024), the Masters Review Winter, and Summer, Short Story Awards (2024/25), and the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Award (2026).

He has written for Chelsea Magazine, the Literary Review, The Reviews Hub, Theatre Weekly, Injection Magazine, New Sounds Press, The Splice, and Distilled Post (editor). He has had short stories accepted by CafeLit, 10X10, the Corvus Review, Stray Words, InkFish, Neun, TheSportScribe, Ripple Effect Radio, La Piccioletta Barca and the Bull Magazine.

He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Menteur Magazine. He graduated an MA in Creative Writing, from the Paris School of Arts and Culture.