J jefferson farjeon biography sample

English novelist and playwright (–)

Joseph Jefferson Farjeon
Born	4 June Hampstead, London, England
Died	6 June (aged 72) Hove, Sussex, England
Occupation(s)	Writer, playwright

Joseph Jefferson Farjeon (4 June – 6 June ) was an English crime and mystery novelist, playwright and screenwriter.

His father, brother and sister also developed successful careers in the literary world. His "Ben" novels were reissued in and

Family

Born in Hampstead, London,^[1] Farjeon was the grandson of the American actor Joseph Jefferson, after whom he was named.^[2] His parents were Jefferson's daughter Maggie (–) and Benjamin Farjeon (–), a Victorian novelist, who was born in Whitechapel to an impoverished immigrant family and travelled widely before returning to England in Joseph Jefferson Farjeon's brothers were Herbert, a dramatist and scholar, and Harry, who became a composer.

His sister Eleanor became a children's autho