J. B. Priestley

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Boynton Priestley, OM, known as J.B. Priestley, was an English novelist, playwright and broadcaster. He published 27 novels, notably The Good Companions, as well as numerous dramas such as An Inspector Calls. His output included literary and social criticism.Priestley was born at 34 Manningham Road, Heaton, which he described as an "ultra-respectable" suburb of Bradford. His father was a headteacher. His mother died when he was still an infant and his father remarried four years later. Priestley was educated at Belle Vue Grammar School, which he left at sixteen to work as a junior clerk at Helm & Co., a wool firm in the Swan Arcade. During his years at Helm & Co., he started writing at night and had articles published in local and London newspapers