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John Jakes
Sign in to saveAlso known as John William Jakes, Jay Scotland
American historical novelist and fantasy writer (1932–2023)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1932
- Works
- 202
Top works
- Great Tales of Crime and Detection
- Science Fiction Stories
- Amazing stories
- Great Stories of the American West
- Tsafon ṿe-darom
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois
John William Jakes (born March 31, 1932) was an American writer, best known for American historical & speculative fiction. His Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He was also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. He has used the pen name Jay Scotland. In September 2013, Jakes was named a Florida Literary Legend at the Florida Heritage Book Festival and…
Known for
- A Cry in the Wild — Rescue Plane Pilot1990
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23
- Total plays
- 296
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Sarasota
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- North and South triology
- Field of work
- science fiction novel
- Official website
- www.johnjakes.com
- Number of children
- 4
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1932-00-00
- pseudonym
- Jay Scotland
- Commons category
- John Jakes
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2023-03-11
- name in native language
- John Jakes
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
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