Biography jack london novels and stories

American author, journalist and social activist (–)

For other people named Jack London, see Jack London (disambiguation).

John Griffith Chaney^[A] (January 12, – November 22, ), better known as Jack London,^[2][3] was an American novelist, journalist and activist.

A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.^[6] He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.^[7]

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism.^[8][9] London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novelThe Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposéThe People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

His most famous works includ