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1876–1916
Best known for vivid adventure stories like The Call of the Wild and White Fang, this American writer turned hard-lived experience into fast, memorable fiction. His work is full of survival, danger, and the pull of the wild.

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Born John Griffith London in San Francisco in 1876, he grew up in poverty around the Bay Area and was largely self-educated. Before becoming famous, he worked a range of tough jobs and spent time at sea, on the road, and in the Klondike—experiences that later gave his fiction its energy and realism.
He became one of the most popular writers of his time, publishing novels, short stories, and journalism. His best-known books include The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf, and his stories often explore survival, ambition, class, and the raw power of nature.
He was also a journalist and a public political voice, and he achieved unusual international fame during his lifetime. Jack London died in 1916 at the age of 40, but his adventurous life and direct, forceful storytelling have kept his books widely read ever since.