James Herbert was born on April 8, 1943 in East End, London, England. He was a writer, known for Le survivant d'un monde parallèle (1981), Les rats attaquent (1982) and The Unholy (2021). He was married to Eileen O'Donnell. He died on March 20, 2013 in Woodmancote, Henfield, West Sussex, England.