James Gordon Farrell, known as J.G. Farrell, was an English-born novelist of Irish descent. He gained prominence for a series of novels known as "the Empire Trilogy" (Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip), which deal with the political and human consequences of British colonial rule.

Troubles received the 1971 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and The Siege of Krishnapur received the 1973 Booker Prize. In 2010, Troubles was retrospectively awarded the Lost Man Booker Prize, created to recognize works published in 1970.

Farrell's career was tragically cut short when he drowned off the coast of Ireland at the age of 44.