Trifiidide päev - John Wyndham

John Wyndham (10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer, best known for The Day of the Triffids (1951), which quickly became a bestseller and has been adapted into several film versions. After graduation, he tried careers in agriculture, law, and advertising until, in 1925, he began making a living with fiction. In the 1930s, he sold stories to various American genre magazines. During World War II he served in the army as a communications operator, but after the war he turned to literature again, encouraged by the literary success of his brother, Vivian Beynon Harris. He changed his writing style and The Day of the Triffids proved to be an extraordinary success. Wyndham managed to publish six more novels before his death. His archive was acquired by the University of Liverpool.

"Day of the Triffids" was first published in Estonian in the "Mirabilia" series of the Estonian Book in 1990 (translated by Aivo Lõhmus), his novels "Krüysalised" and "Kraken ärkab" and short stories "Weird story" and "Meteoor" have also been translated into Estonian.