Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. I still read it every couple of years. - Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games trilogy

"I finished the last half of Lord of the Flies in a single afternoon, my eyes wide, my heart pounding, not thinking, just inhaling. My rule of thumb as a writer and reader - largely formed by Lord of the Flies - is feel it first, think about it later." - Stephen King

"This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality. Lord of the Flies does. It must also be superbly written. It is." - The New York Times Book Review

Information on the author: Born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at.