John Knowles Books
John Knowles (1926–2001) was an American novelist best known for A Separate Peace (1959), a coming-of-age novel set at a New England boarding school during World War II. Drawing in part on his experiences at Phillips…
John Knowles (1926–2001) was an American novelist best known for A Separate Peace (1959), a coming-of-age novel set at a New England boarding school during World War II. Drawing in part on his experiences at Phillips Exeter Academy, Knowles explored friendship, rivalry, guilt, and the loss of innocence. He studied at Yale University and wrote several other novels, including Morning in Antibes, Indian Summer, Phineas, and Peace Breaks Out. His fiction often examines the emotional and moral conflicts faced by young people during times of personal and historical upheaval.
