Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. His 100 books included many novels, as well as nonfiction, such as A Modern Utopia (1905), The Outline of History (1920), A Short History of the World (1922), The Shape of Things to Come (1933), and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1932). One of his booklets was Crux Ansata, An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Wells toyed briefly with the idea of a "divine will" in his book, God the Invisible King (1917), it was a temporary aberration. Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best-remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.
H.G. Wells married his cousin Isabel Mary Wells in 1891. They were only married for three years, until H.G. Wells fell in love with a student.
In 1909 H.G. Wells had a daughter with writer Amber Reeves named Anna-Jane.
He also had a son with Rebecca West, a novelist, named Anthony West in 1914.
The first non-fiction bestseller written by H.G. Wells was Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought, published in 1901. It predicted what the world would be like in the year 2000. He was correct on many ideas but also missed the mark on a few of his predictions.
Kipps was published in 1905 and became one of H.G. Wells' favorites. It explored social class economic disparity, topics that intrigued him and caused him to become a member of the Fabian Society for a time.
H.G. Wells wrote comedy novels as well, including Mr. Britling Sees It Through (1916).
H.G. Wells wrote about the future creation of the atomic bomb in The World Set Free, published in 1914.
H.G. Wells ran for Parliament in 1922 and 1923 as a Labour Party candidate but was unsuccessful. He had wanted to use a political position to advance his ideas.
In the 1930s H.G. Wells traveled to Hollywood. He wrote Things to Come, a film adaptation of his 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come. It was released in 1936.
On October 30th, 1938 Orson Welles performed a radio play of The War of the Worlds. It was an adaptation of H.G. Wells' book and caused panic as audiences were led to believe that it was real. The novel was made into Hollywood movies and the radio broadcast and its effects are still talked about today.
H.G. Wells passed away on August 13th, 1946 at the age of 79. He wrote more than 114 books in his lifetime, more than 50 of which were novels.
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