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James Clavell (10 October 1924[1] – 6 September 1994), born Charles Edmund DuMaresq Clavell, was an Australian-born British (later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known for his epic Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations, along with such films as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.
In 1953, Clavell and his wife emigrated to the United States and settled down in Hollywood. Clavell scripted the grisly science-fiction horror film The Fly and wrote a war film, Five Gates to Hell. Clavell won a Writers Guild Best Screenplay Award for the 1963 film The Great Escape.
It was a simple incident in the life of James Clavell -- a talk with his young daughter just home from school -- that inspired this chilling tale of what could happen in twenty-five quietly devastating minutes. He writes, "The Children's Story came ...
“Clavell’s biggest triumph yet . . . storytelling done with dash and panache . . . a rousing read.”—Washington Post
The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of high...
It was a simple incident in the life of James Clavell a talk with his young daughter just home from school that inspired this chilling tale of what could happen in twenty-five quietly devastating minutes. He writes, The Children's Stor...
From the bestselling author of Shōgun and King Rat comes a richly illustrated children’s story that takes the reader on a fantastic journey through a magical worldThrump-O-Moto is a little wizard and apprentice hero who, though sometimes p...