James Clavell

James Clavell (Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle) (October 10 1924 – September 7 1994) was a novelist and screenwriter, famous for books such as Shogun and films such as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.

Novels

'The Asian Saga'

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• King Rat (1962): Set in Japanese POW camp, 1945.
• Tai-Pan (1966): Set in Hong Kong, 1841.
• Shogun (1975): Set in feudal Japan, 1600.
• Noble House (1981): Set in Hong Kong, 1963.
• Whirlwind (1986): Set in Iran, 1979.
• Gai-Jin (1993): Set in Japan, 1862.

As of 2005, Whirlwind and Gai-Jin remain the only Clavell novels yet to be adapted as films or miniseries; although at various times media have reported that such productions are planned, to date nothing has emerged. Similarly, media reports that Tai-Pan is to be adapted as a miniseries have yet to come to pass.

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Other books include:

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• The Children's Story (1980)
• The Art of War a translation of Sun Tzu's famous book (1983)
• Thrump-O-Moto (1986)
• Escape (1994) - based upon Whirlwind but not considered part of the Asian Saga