He was born in London. He was raised by his mother. He believed that school is the world in miniture. Later, he went to King's College, Cambridge. From 1901-1902, to took a big trip though the couties of Italy, Sicily, Greece, and India. The travel affected his novels by providing settings and situations later on. E.M. Forester usually wrote straight foward science fiction books. His most famous novel, A Passage to India was published in 1924 and is a mystical novel.