James Clavell

James Clavell

James Clavell (Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell) was born on October 10th, 1921. James passed away September 7th, 1994 at 72 years old. James Clavell was born in Sydney, Australia.

James Clavell is known for writing in the Historical Fiction and Thriller genres.

James Clavell was the author of the Asian Saga series which consists of 7 novels. The Asian Saga series started in 1962 with the novel King Rat. The most recently released novel in the Asian Saga series was Escape which was released in 1995. There are no upcoming novels for the Asian Saga series.

James Clavell also wrote one book in the Short Story Collections series called, The Children's Story.

James Clavell: Lists & Other Mentions

• Noble House was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1981 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1981.
• Whirlwind was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1986 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1986.
• Shogun has made several lists including:
  1. NPR: 100 Best Beach Books Selection in 2009.
  2. Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1975.
  3. BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.
  4. NPR: Top 100 Killer Thrillers Selection in 2010.
• Tai-Pan was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1966.

Noble House was the #1 entry on the Publishers Weekly bestselling novels list in 1981.

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2. Jack Higgins, author of the Liam Devlin Series.
3. David Downing, author of the John Russell & Effi Koenen Series.
4. Ken Follett, author of the Kingsbridge Series.
5. Bernard Cornwell, author of The Warrior Chronicles / Saxon Stories Series.
6. Robert Harris, author of: Conclave.
7. Beatriz Williams, author of: Our Woman in Moscow.
8. Susan Elia MacNeal, author of the Maggie Hope Series.
9. Karen Robards, author of the Dr. Charlotte Stone Series.
10. W.E.B. Griffin, author of the Presidential Agent Series.

James Clavell: F.A.Q