Jack London Jack London was born and raised in San Francisco, California, on January12, 1876. An American novelist and short story writer whose best-known works among them The Call of the Wild and white Fang. Jack London was the only child of his mother Flora Wellman that was an unmarried wealthy woman. John London was his father and was very wealthy he was a lawyer and a journalist. Jack was an adopted child of the married couple. Jack was among the most publicized figures of his time, and he used this pulpit to endorse his support of socialism, women's suffrage, and eventually, prohibition. Jack was one if the first to have something to do with the music industry. Most of his novels were based on movies. Eventually Jack feel