John Fowles

John Fowles
Born	(1926-03-31)31 March 1926 Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
Died	5 November 2005(2005-11-05) (aged 79) Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
Occupation	Writer, teacher
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh New College, Oxford
Period	1960–2005
Notable works	The Collector The Magus The French Lieutenant's Woman

John Robert Fowles (/faʊlz/; 31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work was influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others.

After leaving Oxford University, Fowles taught English at a school on the Greek island of Spetses, a sojourn that inspired The Magus (1965), an instant best-seller that was directly in tune with 1960s "hippy" anarchism and experimental philosophy. This was followed by The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969), a Victorian-era romance with a postmodern twist that was set in Lyme Regis, Dorset, where Fowles lived for much of his life. Later fictional works include The Ebony Tower (1974), Daniel Martin (1977), Mantissa (1982), and A Maggot (1985).

Fowles's books have been translated into many languages, and several have been adapted as films.