John (Robert) Fowles was born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex on March 31, 1926. He attended Alleyn Court Preparatory School and won a place at Bedford School (1939-1944). He was a lieutenant in the Royal Marines for two years, but World War II ended before he saw combat. In 1947, Fowles entered New College, Oxford, where he studied French and German. He spent his early career as a teacher. After a year at the University of Poitiers, he took up an offer from a school in Greece and, in 1951, Fowles became an English master at the Anargyrios and Korgialenios School on the island of Spetsai. In 1953 Fowles and the other masters at the school were fired for trying to institute reforms, and Fowles returned to England. On April 2, 1954 he married Elizabeth Whitton (whom he had met on Spetsai) and he became stepfather to Elizabeth's daughter. After his marriage, Fowles taught 'English as a foreign language' for nearly ten years at the all-girls St. Godric's College in Hampstead, London. In 1966 Fowles left London, moving to Underhill Farm in Dorset. The farm was too remote, so in 1968 he and his wife moved to Belmont House in Lyme Regis, Dorset. He served as the curator of the Lyme Regis Museum from 1979-1988 – retiring after having a mild stroke. Elizabeth, died in 1990 and he married Sarah Smith in 1998. Fowles died at his home in Lyme Regis on November 5, 2005, after a long illness.

The Collector (1963) John Fowles' first novel. Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. A chance pools win enables him to capture the art student Miranda and keep her in the cellar of the Sussex house he has bought with the windfall...	New Paperback	Used Paperback
The Aristos (1964) Two years after 'The Collector' and a year before 'The Magus', the author set out his ideas on life. His chief inspiration was the philosopher Heraclitus: in a world of constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was the Aristos.	New Paperback
The Magus (1965, revised 1977) On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. Fowles unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of the complexities of the human mind.	New Paperback	Used Paperback
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969) Of all John Fowles' novels The French Lieutenant's Woman received the most acclaim and today holds a special place in post-war English literature. Made into a film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons.	New Paperback
The Ebony Tower (1974) A series of novellas, rich in imagery, exploring the nature of art. The title story concerns a journalist who is intrigued by the complicated erotic relationship between an elderly painter and the beautiful young women who share their lives with him.	New Paperback	Used Paperback
Daniel Martin (1977) A richly evoked narrative of a contemporary Englishman's attempt to see himself and his time in the mirrors of his past and present. Spans three decades and many different countries.	First Edition	New Paperback
The Tree (1979) A series of recollections that concern both the childhood and work of the writer John Fowles.	New Paperback
A Short History of Lyme Regis (1982) A fascinating account of the growth of Lyme Regis. Covers Lyme's history from its early days as a medieval port, trading wool for wine, into a seaside town dependent on an English summer for its wealth.	New Paperback
Mantissa (1982) Miles Green wakes up in a mysterious hospital with no idea of how he got there or who he is. An 'erotic guerrilla war' of a novel.	First Edition	New Paperback
A Maggot (1985) Not a historical novel in the normal sense. It began as a quirk or obsession (a 'maggot' in the archaic sense of the word) which found its setting in the second wave of Protestant Dissent in England. It took shape as a mystery which led through beguiling paths to a startling vision at its centre.	Signed	First Edition	New Paperback
Wormholes: Essays and Occasional Writings (1998) The 30 pieces collected in Wormholes display this enigmatic author's concerns, disdain and crankiness.	New Paperback
Lyme Worthies (1998) John Fowles celerated the millennium by commisioning a local artist, Gavin Bird, to paint portraits of a selection of Lyme's personalities.	Used Hardback
The Journals: Volume 1 (2003) The first volume of John Fowles' journals covering the years 1949-1965.	New Paperback
The Journals: Volume 2 (2006) The second and final volume of John Fowles' journals covers the years 1966-1990.	New Paperback

John Fowles: A Life in Two Worlds Chronicles Fowles' pre-war childhood in Leigh-on-Sea and in wartime rural England, his Oxford education and his apprentice years in Europe and London. New:   Hardback