P. G. Wodehouse (edit name/settings)

Sir Pelham Grenville "PG" Wodehouse is widely regarded as the greatest comic author of the 20th century. He wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters, including Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, Psmith and the Oldest Member. His humorous – often hilarious – articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including contributions to 'Punch' over a period of 60 years.

P.G. Wodehouse was born in 1881 in Guildford, England and educated at Dulwich College.
After two years with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank he became a full-time writer, contributing to a variety of periodicals including 'Punch' and 'The Globe'. During this time, P.G. Wodehouse's first novel was published 'The Pothunters'.

In April of 1904, he arrived in New York.  This would be the start of his career doing musicals.  P.G. Wodehouse wrote many successful novels and musicals in the US.

He married Ethel Rowley in 1914.

In 1929, he signed a contract and began working as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Three years later he returned to England for a while and then went to France. During this time Wodehouse made a series of radio broadcasts, which were misconstrued. Although innocent of the accusations against him, he was persecuted by the BBC. Once again, Wodehouse went back to the US and became a US citizen.

As well as his novels and short stories, he wrote lyrics for musical comedies with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, and at one time had five musicals running simultaneously on Broadway. His time in Hollywood also provided much source material for fiction.

In 1974, P.G. Wodehouse published his last novel 'Aunts Aren't Gentlemen'.
In the New Year’s Honours List of 1975, at the age of ninety-three, he received a long-overdue knighthood, only to die on St Valentine’s Day some forty-five days later.

For more information, or to join the P. G. Wodehouse society, visit www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk
(taken from the author's homepage)