James Clavell
Personal Info
Known ForWriting
BornOctober 10, 1924
DiedSeptember 7, 1994 (aged 69)
Place of BirthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
James Clavell
Biography
James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell (10 October 1924 – 7 September 1994) was an Australian (later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known for his epic Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations, along with such films as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.