John Jakes

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American historical novelist and fantasy writer (1932-2023)

United States WritersLived 1932 to 2023 · aged 90

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John William Jakes was an American writer, best known for historical and speculative fiction. His American Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He was also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. Jakes used the pen name Jay Scotland among others.

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Cover of Science Fiction Quarterly featuring John Jakes's "The Taint"

The first Brak story, "Devils in the Walls", was originally published in Fantastic in 1962. It was collected in The Fortunes of Brak.

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2007Owen Wister Award

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