Q:Facts:   - imagesize: 150px    - notableworks: '' wade of aquitaine ''    - influences: george rice burroughs clayton johnson , arthur c. clarke , edgar    - genre: science fiction      - name: ben parris    - birth place: brooklyn , new york , new york    - occupation: novelist , nasa consultant   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ben parris .
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benjamin jason parris -lrb- born 1961 -rrb- is an american author , educator , and museum planner best known as the creator of `` wade of aquitaine '' .as an educator and technology consultant , he has won national awards .in their august 19 , 2005 edition , `` long island business news '' placed ben parris in the top ten of their who 's who in technology list .