John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, this was his full name, was born on July 10, 1903 in the village of Dorridge, England. John Wyndham is famous especially for his novels: “The Day of the Triffids” (1951), “The Kraken Wakes” (1953), “Re-Birth” or “The Chrysalids” (1955) and “The Midwich Cuckoos” (1957).