Benjamin Scheuer is the recipient of the Kleban Prize for Lyrics.

For THE LION (book/music/lyrics/original performer) Scheuer won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance in New York, and an Off-West End Award for Best New Musical in London. Scheuer’s album Songs from THE LION was released in 2016, along with four music videos (directed by Academy Award-winner Peter Baynton) which won prizes including Best Commissioned Film at the Annecy Film Festival, and two consecutive Public Choice for Best Music Video at the British Animation Awards.

A MOUNTAIN FOR ELODIE premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  

HIBERNATE WITH ME, written with Melis Aker, was produced by the Old Vic, in London, in 2025.

Scheuer is the author of two songs-turned-into-children’s-books: Hibernate With Me and Hundred Feet Tall, both illustrated by his wife, Jemima Williams. Published by Simon & Schuster USA, the books have also been translated into French, German, and Welsh. With playwright Melis Aker,

DUNG BEETLE’S DELI, for London’s Little Angel Theatre, written with Simon Scheuer and Melis Aker.

TREASURE, a musical about Peter Roget, creator of Roget’s Thesaurus, with book writer Rick Elice.

 Originally from New York, Scheuer lives in London.