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He was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was then raised in a 14th- century house next to a cemetary.
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William tried writting his first novel when he was 12, but it didn't work out.
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William attends college at Oxford and he had spent two years studying science, because of his father's beliefs.
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He died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England from a heart attack.
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Sometime during the summer William published his first work a book of poetry, a year before he graduated.
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William started to teach english and philosoph at Bishops Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. But he then stopped teaching to join the Royal Navy.
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He worked as a actor, writer, and a producer in a theater somewhere in London.
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William stopped teaching for a period of time to join the Royal Navy in World War ll.
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After 5 years of serving in the Royal Navy, William decides to go back to teaching again.
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William's book Lord of the Flies was published.
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William's other book Rites of Passage won this British award called the Booker Prize.
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He recieved the Nobel Prize for Literature for his book Lord of the Flies when he was 73 years old.
