James Clavell
Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, known as James Clavell, was a British and American writer, filmmaker and a British Army officer during the Second World War. He is best known for his Asian Saga novels, a number of which have had television and film adaptations. Wikipedia Born October 10, 1921, Sydney, Australia Died September 7, 1994 (age 72 years), Vevey, Switzerland