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American stage actor, vaudeville performer, and playwright
- Benjamin Stannard Mears, also known as Ben Mears, Ben S. Mears, and Stannard Mears, (August 1871 – 27 January 1952) was an American stage actor, vaudeville performer, and playwright. He is best known for the 1918 play Seventeen; an adaptation of Booth Tarkington 's 1916 novel of the same name which he co-wrote with Hugh Stanislaus Stange.
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Benjamin "Ben" Mears (1948-2003) is an author and one-time resident of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine. Seeking a break from his career after the death of his wife, Miranda, and a current case of writer's block, he returns to the Lot.
Ben Mears, a writer, has returned to Jerusalem's Lot, Maine after 25 years to try to write his next novel. He quickly becomes friends with high school teacher Matt Burke and strikes up a romantic relationship with Susan Norton, a young college graduate with ambitions of leaving town.
- Stephen King, Marta I. Guastavino
- 1975
Ben Mears, protagonist of SALEM'S LOT, has written and published three novels at the point where the book begins -- CONWAY DAUGHTER, a novel we are told concerns a farmer's daughter who takes a long, rambling journey across the country during the 1960s, immersing herself in the hippie counterculture of the time; AIR DANCE, a book about escaped ...
Character Analysis. Pity poor Ben Mears. He has a lousy time of it in 'Salem's Lot. As the book opens, he's recovering from the loss of his first wife, who died in an accident when Ben's motorcycle slipped and ran into a truck. Then he gets to Jerusalem's Lot, meets Susan Norton, falls in love, and shortly after they have sex for the first time ...
Ben Mears — A successful writer who returns to Jerusalem’s Lot to confront his childhood fears and find inspiration. Ben is intelligent, resourceful, and determined, driven by a need to understand and overcome the darkness of the Marsten House.
Oct 17, 1975 · Author Ben Mears returns to ‘Salem's Lot to write a book about a house that has haunted him since childhood only to find his isolated hometown infested with vampires. While the vampires claim more victims, Mears convinces a small group of believers to combat the undead.
Ben Mears, a successful writer who grew up in the town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, has returned home after twenty-five years. Once in town he meets local high school teacher Matt Burke and strikes up a romantic relationship with Susan Norton, a young college graduate.
