Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, England, and, although he was able to attend grammar school, his family suffered from poverty at times, as did he as a young man trying to earn a living in various occupations. In his twenties, he was able to publish some work, and success followed. He married in 1888, and the honeymoon was spent on a boat on the Thames; he published Three Men in a Boat soon afterwards. He continued to write fiction, non-fiction and plays over the next few decades, though never with the same level of success.

Novels Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) Diary of a Pilgrimage Novel Notes Three Men on the Bummel Paul Kelver Tea-table Talk Tommy and Co They and I All Roads Lead to Calvary Anthony John

Collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Told After Supper John Ingerfield Sketches in Lavender, Blue, and Green Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow The Observations of Henry The Angel and the Author and Others