John gardner author biography page

John Champlin Gardner Jr. (July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He was known for his novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.

Gardner was killed in a motorcycle accident in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, aged 49.

Works

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Fiction

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• The Resurrection, 1966.
• The Wreckage of Agathon, 1970.
• Grendel, 1971.
• The Sunlight Dialogues, 1972.
• Jason and Medeia, 1973.
• Nickel Mountain: A Pastoral Novel, 1973.
• The King's Indian, 1974.
• October Light, 1976.
• In the Suicide Mountains, 1977.
• Freddy's Book, 1980.
• The Art of Living and Other Stories, 1981.
• Mickelsson's Ghosts, 1982.
• Stillness and Shadows, 1986.

Biography

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• The Life and Times of Chaucer, 1977.

Children's stories

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• Dragon, Dragon (and Oth