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Born September 19, 1911 in Newquay, United Kingdom.
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When he was 12 years old he attempted to write a book but was unsuccessful.
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His aggression from his unsuccessfulness in writing that book he lashed out at other kids. He even said, "He enjoyed hurting people."
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He attended Oxford.
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Before graduating college he wrote a book of poems that was overlooked by critics.
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He decided to teach philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. One year he would teach some kids that inspired "Lord of The Flies"
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Although he was passionate about teaching he left to go join the Navy and fight in WWII. He spent those six years on a boat fighting.
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He wrote Lord of The Flies a book about a group of boys the was stranded on a desert island after a plane crash.
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After he retired from teaching Peter Brook made a film adaptation of his highly acclaimed novel.
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In 1983 earned a Nobel Prize for literature and knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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On June 19, 1993, William Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
