London, April 20 : The acclaimed British author JG Ballard, whose novels include Crash and Empire of the Sun, has died after a long illness. He was 78.
His agent, Margaret Hanbury, announced the author's death.
Hanbury said that Ballard had been ill `for several years' and had died on Sunday morning.
Despite being referred to as a science fiction writer, Ballard said his books were `picturing the psychology of the future'.
His was best known for his novel `Empire of the Sun', based on his childhood in a Japanese prison camp in China.
