James Herbert

Novelist

Birthday April 8, 1943

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace England

Age 81 years old

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About

A bestselling British horror novelist, he is known for works such as The Rats, The Fog, and Haunted. His popular books have been translated into more than thirty languages.

Before Fame

He started out working in the art department of a local advertising agency. In 1974, he published his first novel, The Rats.

Trivia

In 1993, he published a graphic novel entitled The City.

Family Life

He grew up in London and Sussex with two brothers, Peter and John. With his wife, Eileen, he had three daughters.

Associated With

He wrote an alternative history book where Adolf Hitler releases a deadly plague onto the world just before his defeat.