John Knowles

John Knowles was born in the year 1926 in Fairmont, West Virginia. He has written several novels including A Separate Peace, Morning in Antibes, and Double Vision.

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Biographical Information
John Knowles was born in Fairmont, West Virginia in 1926. At the early age of 15 he left his home and attended the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. After he graduated from Exeter he became an Air Force cadet for eight months. After his short service in the Air Force he went to attend Yale University where he earned his bachelors degree. He then became a journalist and writer of short stories until he met Thornton Wilder, a well-known playwright. Wilder inspired Knowles to be a writer. Shortly after that he published his first novel, A Separate Peace. He continued on in his career to write seven more novels. When he was finished writing he went on to lecture at several universities until he died of natural causes in 2001, at the age of 75.

Career
John Knowles attended the Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. After he graduated from the academy he joined the air force. After a short time in the air force he became a journalist. After being a journalist he found his passion for being an author and wrote his first novel, A Separate Peace

He then went on to write several other novels and once he was finished with his writing career he went around to universities and gave lectures.

Selected Works

 * A Separate Peace
 * A Separate Peace was the first novel ever written by Knowles in 1959, much of the book relates to his personal experience at the Exeter Academy.


 * Peace Breaks Out
 * Although it was written later in his career, Peace Breaks Out is one of Knowles most known and sold novels, following A Separate Peace


 * Morning in Antibes
 * This is the second Novel Knowles ever wrote.