John Jakes used Jay Scotland as his pen name in his writings. He has given six back to back New York Times Bestsellers. He is well known for writing a number of family saga series like the Kent Family Chronicles and ‘The North and South Trilogy’. This check enhanced his whole perspective of being a writer and he decided to pursue a career in writing. John Jakesbegan writing professionally when he was still studying in the Northwestern UNiversity and received his first check of $25 when he was only 18 years old. He used to write short stories at night in mystery and science fiction genres and publish them for livelihood. He started writing for a pharmaceutical corporation and some advertisement agencies after completing in schooling. John graduated from the DePauw University, Indiana in the year 1953 and later joined the Ohio State University and got his M.A in American Literature. He was very fond of writing stories since the college days and used to sell a few to pulp magazines. His writings mostly include the American historical fiction and family saga. John Jakes is a noted American writer who was born in 1932 in Chicago, Illinois.
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