John sanford author biography example

  • john sanford author biography example

    • John Sandford (novelist)

    American novelist and journalist

    John Sandford, pseudonym of John Roswell Camp (born February 23, 1944), is an American New York Times best-selling author, novelist, former journalist, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.[1][2][3]

    Early life

    Camp was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Anne Agnes (Barron) and Roswell Sandford Camp.[4][5] His mother's family was German and Lithuanian.[6] He received a bachelor's degree in American history and literature[7] and a master's in journalism, both from the University of Iowa.[8]

    From 1971 to 1978, Camp wrote for The Miami Herald. In 1978, he moved to Minneapolis and started writing for The Saint Paul Pioneer Press as a features reporter; in 1980 he became a daily columnist. That year, he was a Pulitzer finalist for a series of stories on Native American culture.[9] In 1985, during the Midwest farm cr