L. E. Bendon

L. E. Bendon was born in 1983 and wishes Terry Pratchett were still not dead.

He had built quite a satisfying musician’s life for himself up until 2020 when it was suddenly on hold, for reasons we can all remember, and so he put the compulsory free time to use. Thus began his fiction output with the detective series – The Weapon and the Fruit. This is his first foray outside of that series and of the whole crime/mystery genre, but he promises there is plenty more of Lance Pomegranate, and plenty more fantasy still to come.

L.E. Bendon is from London, living in South India, where most people know him as a saxophonist who spends an awful lot of his spare time writing novels on his laptop in cafés. Prior to his debut novel in 2025 all of his published work has been sheet music, one example of which is included on the 2026 ABRSM Grade 8 Saxophone syllabus. He speaks a few languages well enough not to be confused or misled while abroad, though not well enough to translate his own books just yet. He loves cats but really prefers tortoises.

He hasn't settled on what L.E. stands for. It is just a pen name after all. Perhaps he'll give a different response each time he is asked, always choosing names that are significant to him. For now, it can be Ludicrous Enterprise.