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Also known as John Beynon, Lucas Parkes

English science fiction author (1903–1969)

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Person
Gender
Male
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1903
Active to
1969

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Born
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris , ( 1903-07-10 ) 10 July 1903, Dorridge , Warwickshire, England
Died
11 March 1969 (1969-03-11) (aged 65), Petersfield , Hampshire, England
Occupation
Science fiction writer
Spouse
Grace Wilson ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ) ​

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date of birth
1903-07-10
date of death
1969-03-11
birth name
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris
pseudonym
Lucas Parkes
start of work period
1931-00-00
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Wyndham's first published sf story, "Worlds to Barter", was published in the May 1931 issue of Wonder Stories, under his pen name John Beynon Harris. Wyndham/Harris as pictured in the May 1931 Wonder Stories Wyndham's second story, "The Lost Machine", was cover-featured on the April 1932 issue of Amazing Stories, also under his Harris pen name Wyndham's 1934 novelette "The Moon Devils" was the cover story for the April issue of Wonder Stories, also under the Harris pen name. Wyndham's 1951 novelette "Tyrant and Slave-Girl on Planet Venus" was the cover story for the first and only issue of Ten Story Fantasy, under his pen name John Beynon.

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (/ˈwɪndəm/; 10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include The Day of the Triffids (1951), filmed in 1962, and The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), which was filmed in 1960 as Village of the Damned, in 1995 under the same title, and again in 2022 in Sky Max under its original title.

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