About The Author
Jack London (1876–1916), born as John Griffith Chaney, in California, U.S., was a writer, journalist, and activist. He was largely self-educated and one of the earliest writers to earn significantly through writing. He wished to escape poverty, and at the age of twenty-one, he quit university and sailed over to join the Klondike Gold Rush, which influenced his writings. He experienced being a sailor, a hobo, and an agitator for jobs but remained unsuccessful until he unerringly started writing short stories, poetry, and novels. His first story Typhoon off the Coast of Japan, based on his sailing experiences, was published in 1893. London’s struggle for survival during Canadian Yukon and the Klondike Gold Rush inspired To Build A Fire, which is considered his best short story. The term and genre ‘science-fiction’ has been popularized by him essentially. He wrote about life, death, and survival with dignity and integrity. Other notable works by London include White Fang (1906) and Burning Daylight (1910).
