In 2013 she was named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, having previously been named by the BBC as one of the twelve best new British writers. Withdrawn and unloved, Frederick is a solitary man who works as a clerk and collects butterflies.

Her second, All the Birds, Singing, won the Miles Franklin Prize, the Encore Prize and the EU Prize for Literature, and shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel awards. The Collector John Fowles Vintage, 1998 First published in 1963. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EVIE WYLD There is not a page in this first novel which does not prove that its author is a master storyteller New York Times. Frederick Clegg is the main character, and we hear from him initially in the first part of this, then the second part is from Miranda’s journal that she has been. Evie Wyld (Introducer) Evie Wyld's debut novel, After the Fire, A Still Small Voice, was shortlisted for the Impac Prize and awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. John Fowles definitely made a splash on the literary scene when he debuted with this book, and it is easy to see why, as it still holds the same power that it did back in 1963. Read 5,064 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Two volumes of his Journals have recently been published the first in 2003, the second in 2006. He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power, and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works: The Aristos, The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Ebony Tower, Daniel Martin, Mantissa, and A Maggot. He believes that he can build a parallel world for himself and Miranda, where they can live happily together as husband and wife. He lives in a world of dreams and fantasies, unconsciously influenced by popular TV shows and movies.

He won international recognition with The Collector, his first published title, in 1963. Frederick is unable to adapt to the modern, the real world. John Fowles (Author) John Fowles was born in 1926.

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