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William Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. His parents were Mildred, a suffragette, and Alec, a schoolteacher.
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Golding attended Brasenose College at Oxford. He spent two years studying science, but switched to the literature program (his true interest) in his third year.
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Golding graduated from college with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in London from 1935 to 1939.
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Golding spent five years in the navy (1940 to 1945). This experience heavily influenced his writing.
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Golding's first novel, Lord of the Flies, is published after 21 rejections.
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Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
