J. G. Ballard

James Graham Ballard (born November 15, 1930 in Shanghai) is a British novelist. Ballard, at eleven years old, lived through the Japanese takeover of China. He was moved to a civilian detention camp where he spent the remainder of World War II. These experiences were described in the semi-autobiographical Empire of the Sun (which was adapted for film by Steven Spielberg). After the war's end he returned to England. He was first educated at the the Ley's School, Cambridge, then read Medicine at King's College, Cambridge (which he abandoned after two years) and later English Literature at the University of London. He also worked as a copywriter and then was stationed with the RAF in Canada. Ballard wrote about these and later events in another semi-autobiographical novel The Kindness of Women.

External links

• jgballard.com - unofficial site with extensive Ballard links
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• J. G. Ballard's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
• On First Reading J. G. Ballard's Concrete Island & Empire of the Sun
• Open Directory Project: J. G. Ballard
• Ballardian: The World of JG Ballard. Ballard-related news, stories in the Ballardian mode, essays and reviews on Ballard and interviews with Ballard
• Guardian Books "Author Page", with profile and links to further articles by and about him.
• Spike Magazine Interview