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William was born in Cornwall England. Growing up he lived in a house near a graveyard.
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William at the age of 12 tried writing a novel, but was unsuccesful. His outlet caused by frustration was bullying.
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William published a book full of poetry called poems. It was not as noticed by critics. This occured 1 year before he graduated from Brasenose College at Oxford University.
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William - like his father - decided to teach at a school. The bad kids at Bishop Wordsworth’s School were inspiration for his most famous novel "Lord of the Flies".
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William's time in WWII had a huge effect on his life. He saw the evil of the world and incorporated evil as conflict in his future novels.
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William was finally able to get Lord of the Flies published after twenty-one times. The book was his first work intorducing good versus evil.
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William is part of the Royal Society of Literature. Most likely because of his critically aclcaimed novel "Lord of the Flies".
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William decides to retire from teaching at the age of fifty-one years old. The school made a memorium in honor of his time spent as a school teacher.
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William at the age of 73 earned the Nobel Prize for literature. His many novels had lead to this great achievment.
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William was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He was recognized for all his great novels by the queen of England.
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Willaim died of a heart attack in his house. William wrote many works of literature through his life and is still remembered today.