Mystery Thrill Writer, John Sanford
John Sandford Wrote the Prey Series and the KIdd Series and Many More Books
John Sandford's name is really John Roswell and was born in 1944 in Iowa. When he first started writing professionally he was working for two different groups and took his mother's maiden name to write under of Sandford under one of them.. He did write under John Camp also, but most of his books are now use the pseudonym of Sandford.
John started writing at a young age in the fifth grade and was encouraged by his teachers to keep writing. He went on to become a reporter and writer during a stint in the Army where he went to school on "How To Write For the Army," and wrote for the base paper in Korea. After his military service he wrote for several newspapers across the country, also got a BA in American Studies and later a Masters in Journalism.
He has written many books, among them "The Prey" series and "The Kidd" series plus two non- fiction books and four other books not related to any of this plus a ghost story that has never been published plus two other books that publishers turned down as being to realistic. His characters be they male like Lucas Davenport or female are written superbly. Furthermore, the pace of his books will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to see what will happen next. He gives you a real thrill ride and for anyone who likes mysteries it will keep you guessing to the very end. His latest book is "Dark of the Moon" which just came out recently.
He is married and has two children, a daughter and a son.
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8 Comments
Post a CommentI have read everyone of his books and love them. I just finished Heat Lightening...a Virgil Flower's book. I love his books and never tire of them. I am in the middle of reading Phantom Prey now. Nice Article.
Hi,, my father is at the end stages of lung cancer and John Sanford is his favorite author, I am in dire need of a signed book for my dad if anyone can help
I am a real fan of John Sandford because he was doing book reviews at the Ft Worth Star Telegram when I worked there, but he write a great mystery. I like both his series and found them fascinating. He is a talented man.
Your article motivate me to go to Amazon and find out more about the author and his writings. Thanks!
Terrific profile of John Sanford~Well done!
Very interesting and informative. I'll send this on to my sister. She loves his books. Thanks!
He's a favorite of my sister's and I only read his last book in the Prey series so I'm not sure I got a fair dose of his work.
I have enjoyed some of his books. Thanks for the reminder!