Jack London (1876–1916) wrote twenty-three novels, including most famously The Call of the Wild; White Fang; and The Sea Wolf, which is about the San Francisco Bay Area, where he was born. One of the first fiction writers to think of writing as a commercial enterprise, he became a worldwide celebrity. Among his great works are the short stories “To Build a Fire,” “An Odyssey of the North,” and “Love of Life.” London suffered from late-stage alcoholism at the time of his death.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- The Transcontinental, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2013–2014