James Clavell

James Clavell (born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell; October 10, 1921 – September 7, 1994) was an Australian‑born British‑American novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and POW  . His early experiences as a captured officer in the Royal Artillery—held for three years in Changi prison—served as the basis for his literary debut King Rat (1962), the first in his […]