Benjamin Law (born c.1982) is an Australian author, screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his books The Family Law, a family memoir published in 2010, and the TV series of the same name. He hosts the radio programme and podcast Stop Everything! for ABC Radio National.

Born in around 1982^[1] Nambour, Queensland,^[2] to immigrant parents from Hong Kong and Malaysia,^[3] He was educated at Immanuel Lutheran College on the Sunshine Coast. He has a PhD in creative writing and cultural studies from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

He is openly gay.^{[4][5][better source needed]}

The Family Law is a family memoir published in 2010. It was a shortlisted nominee for Book of the Year at the 2011 Australian Book Industry Awards,^[1] and was adapted by Matchbox Pictures into a six-part television series for the SBS network in 2016, which Law created and co-wrote with Marieke Hardy (Series 1) and Kirsty Fisher and Lawrence Leung (Series 2).^[6] It won the Screen Producers Awards for Best Comedy (2016)^[7] and was nominated for two AACTA Awards.^[8] In 2012 Law published Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East, a journalistic exploration of LGBT life in Asia.^[9] At the 2012 Sydney Writers' Festival,^[10] he presented on the topic of bullying, for a panel with Wendy Harmer and Paul Capsis.

In November 2015, he advocated for gay people in a public discussion hosted by Mildura Pride (a Mildura Rural City Council Initiative). The social inclusion initiative focused on making Mildura more welcoming for LGBTIQ communities.^[11]

In April 2018, Law became an ambassador for the National Library of Australia.^[12]

As a journalist, he has contributed to publications including Frankie, The Australian Financial Review, The Saturday Paper,^[13] The Monthly (including a 2014 supplement on the Museum of Old and New Art), The Courier-Mail and its Qweekend supplement, Griffith Review, New Matilda,^[14] Fairfax Media's Good Weekend magazine, The Big Issue and Crikey.^[1]

Law's work includes:^[17]