J.G. Ballard

Birthday: November 15th, 1930 Date of Death: April 19th, 2009 Place of Birth: Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China [now Shanghai, China]

James Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Born in an international settlement in Shanghai to British parents before his family emigrated to the UK, Ballard began writing in the 1950s, becoming associated with the New Wave of science fiction with post-apocalyptic novels such as The Wind from Nowhere and The Drowned World. (Wikipedia)