Name: John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris
Nationality: English
Born/Died: 1903-1969
Famous for: The Day of the Triffids (1951), The Kraken Wakes (1953), The Chrysalids (1955)
What makes him a revolutionary: Some have described Wyndham’s writing style as quaint and have dubbed him ‘the master of middle-class catastrophes’, but I think the author was a lot more than a competent writer of safe stories. Wyndham added real depth and emotion to his characters as they fought through some strange, bewildering and perilous adventures.
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