John Wyndham

Wyndham grew up outside of Birmingham and attended prep schools from the age of eight. After graduating, Wyndham began writing short stories and serial fiction pieces. During World War II, Wyndham served as a censor in the Ministry of Information and a cipher in the Royal Corps of Signals. He returned to writing after the war. Wyndham’s brother, Vivian Beynon Harris, was also a successful writer. Wyndham married Grace Wilson in 1963 and moved to Petersfield, Hampshire, where he died. Wyndham is best known for pioneering a type of science fiction called “logical fantasy” (or “speculative fiction”) that is based on extrapolating from current trends to imagine future realities and is more realistic than other forms of science fiction. The Day of Triffids is Wyndham’s most well-known book, but The Chrysalids is often considered to be his best.