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name: "Ben Philippe"
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updated: "2026-09-17T04:00:43.345313+00:00"
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# Ben Philippe

Writer. Born in Haiti.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer

## Biography

Ben Philippe is a Haitian-Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Born in Haiti and raised in Montreal, he holds a BA from Columbia University (2011) and an MFA in fiction and screenwriting from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin (2014). He is based in New York City and teaches screenwriting at Barnard College.

Philippe is the author of the young adult novels *The Field Guide to the North American Teenager* (2019), which won the 2020 William C. Morris Award, and *Charming as a Verb* (2020), as well as the memoir *Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend* (2021). His television writing credits include episodes of *Only Murders in the Building* (2021–2023), for which he received Writers Guild of America Award nominations, *Interview with the Vampire* (2022), *Lucky Hank* (2023) and *The Paper* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, benphilippe.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)

## Also known for

- *Interview with the Vampire* (2022), Writer
- *The Paper* (2025), Writer

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