pen-name of John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris
English science fiction writer. He wrote The Day of the Triffids (1951), describing
the invasion of Earth by a strange plant mutation; The Chrysalids (1955); and The
Midwich Cuckoos (1957). A recurrent theme in his work is people’s response to
disaster, whether caused by nature, aliens, or human error.