Ben Carter Olcott is an Associate Producer to Emmy‑nominated writer‑producer Robin Veith (Mad Men, The Act) and was a writers’ assistant on the Hulu true crime series Candy.
He was a finalist in the The Missouri Review 2025 Editors’ Prize, shortlisted for The Masters Review 2025 Best Emerging Writers contest, and recently supported by the Kenyon Review Summer Writers Workshop.
Ben’s true crime pilot Fairy Tale in Red was a finalist in ScreenCraft’s Public Domain and True Stories Contest. Additionally, he has been a finalist in Southern California and Geneva International Science in Screenwriting contests and placed in numerous others.
His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in 9VT\5, Pangyrus, Marrow, TulipTree, Cusper, Showcase, Hypocrite Reader, Sharkpack Poetry Review, and KGB Bar Literary Magazine.
Ben was formerly the moderator of the Coyotes Literary Fiction book club at Skylight Books in Los Angeles and the Managing Editor of KGB Bar Literary Magazine. He is based in Los Angeles.
