Ben LeRoy was the founder and publisher of the critically acclaimed publishing companies Bleak House Books (2000-2009) and Tyrus Books (2009-2017) until the latter was sold to Simon & Schuster. 

Ben is also a co-founder of Collaborist–a business dedicated to helping people identify and tell the stories of their lives in an increasingly noisy public square. He co-hosts, Collaborcast, a podcast for writers and creatives.

In 2014, after the suicide death of a friend, Ben did volunteer work in all 50 states as part of the Be Local Everywhere project. He believes in helping where he can, when he can, but sometimes the world is too much. (You probably already knew that.)

He currently serves on the board of Common Wealth Development and Wrath-Bearing Tree.