James Graham Ballard Biography

Birth of James Graham Ballard

Publication of "The Wind From Nowhere"

Publication of "The Drowned World"

Publication of "The Burning World"

BBC Two screens an adaptation of the short story "Thirteen to Centaurus" directed by Peter Potter

Publication of "The Crystal World"

Ballard explores the sexual potential of car crashes, a preoccupation which culminates in the novel Crash

Publication of "High Rise"

Publication of "Hello America"

Publication of "Empire of the Sun"

Awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction

Publication of "Cocaine Nights"

Death of James Graham Ballard