Jack Finney Writer

Jack Finney (October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American author. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including The Body Snatchers and Time and Again. The former was the basis for the 1956 movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers and its remakes.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Finney Walter Braden (full name); Finney John (birth name)
Birth dateOctober 02, 1911
Birth place
Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States
Nationality
United States
Date of deathNovember 14, 1995
Place of death
California , Greenbrae California , United States

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Writer

Career start1946
Career end1995
genre
Science fiction
Noir fiction
Thriller (genre)
Comedy

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External resources

  1. http://www.gwillick.com/Spacelight/obit/finneyo.html
  2. http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/viewFile/91
  3. http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/coll/059.html
  4. http://www.npr.org/2011/10/17/141416427/the-sad-lesson-of-body-snatchers-people-change
  5. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/17/nyregion/jack-finney-84-sci-fi-author-of-time-travel-tales-dies.html