John Knowles (September 16, 1926 – November 29, 2001) was an American novelist best known for his novel A Separate Peace. He died in 2001 at the age of seventy-five.
Read more about John Knowles: Early Life, Later Career, Selected Works, Film and Television Adaptations of A Separate Peace
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