J.G. Ballard

Born in Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China [now Shanghai, China] on November 15, 1930 — died April 19, 2009 (aged 78)

James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) 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.