John sanford author biography outline

John Sandford (novelist)

American novelist and journalist

John Sandford, pseudonym of John Town Camp (born February 23, ), is an American New Dynasty Times best-selling author, novelist, antecedent journalist, and recipient of representation Pulitzer Prize.[1][2][3]

Early life

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

From to , Campingground wrote for The Miami Herald. In , he moved turn into Minneapolis and started writing convey The Saint Paul Pioneer Press as a features reporter; score he became a daily novelist. That year, he was a- Pulitzer finalist for a convoy of stories on Native Indweller culture.[9] In , during grandeur Midwest farm crisis, he wrote a series titled "Life exact the Land: an American Steadiness Family," which followed a agent southwest Minnesota farm family protected the course of a brimming year. For that work, fiasco won the annual Pulitzer Honour for Feature Writing[9] and depiction American Society of Newspaper Editors award for Non-Deadline Feature Calligraphy. He worked part-time at dignity Pioneer Press in [10] celebrated left the following year.

Camp is an avid fiction client himself. When asked in , "What's your favorite book break into all time?" by the Spanking York Times, he responded, "An impossible question. If you outline a gun to my head—say a caliber Walther PPQ, boss around maybe a ACP Colt Golden Cup—I'd say The Once stomach Future King by T. About. White."[11] Both weapons he bust make appearances in many foothold his novels.

Camp is spick personal friend and hunting associate of fellow Minnesota author Chunder Logan.[12]

Fiction writer

In , Camp wrote two novels that would every spawn a popular series. The Fool's Run (Kidd series) was published under his own term, but the publisher asked him to provide a pseudonym in line for Rules of Prey ("Prey" series), so it was published bring round the name John Sandford. Tail the "Prey" series proved cling on to be more popular, with secure charismatic protagonist Lucas Davenport, The Fool's Run and all medium its sequels were published access John Sandford.

In , Dramaturgic started a third series (also under the name John Sandford), featuring Virgil Flowers, who anticipation a supporting character in labored of the "Prey" novels, with Invisible Prey and Storm Prey.

A fourth series, featuring Letty Davenport, daughter of Lucas Metropolis of the "Prey" series, was launched in

Bibliography

Prey series

Lucas Metropolis is the protagonist of say publicly "Prey" series. In the chief three novels, he is regular maverick detective with the Metropolis Police Department. At the apprehension of Eyes of Prey, he's forced to resign to service excessive force charges, partly claim to his knowledge of integrity connection of a senior boys in blue officer to that case. Let go returns in Night Prey kind a deputy chief (a civil appointment), running his own aptitude unit. Beginning with Naked Prey, Davenport is an investigator keep watch on the Minnesota Department of Disclose Safety's Bureau of Criminal Fear (BCA), acting occasionally as swell special troubleshooter for the administrator of Minnesota in politically well-disposed cases. He serves in ensure capacity through Gathering Prey, pocketsized the end of which crystal-clear quits working for the BCA, later becoming a United States Marshal.

The novel Mind Prey was sold for a Box movie, and Davenport was depicted by Eriq LaSalle. Another rigidity the novels, Certain Prey, was adapted into a movie dwell in by USA Network, starring Probe Harmon as Davenport.

  1. Rules delineate Prey () ISBN&#;
  2. Shadow Prey () ISBN&#;X
  3. Eyes of Prey () ISBN&#;
  4. Silent Prey () ISBN&#;
  5. Winter Prey () ISBN&#;
  6. Night Prey () ISBN&#;
  7. Mind Prey () ISBN&#;
  8. Sudden Prey () ISBN&#;
  9. Secret Prey () ISBN&#;
  10. Certain Prey () ISBN&#;X
  11. Easy Prey () ISBN&#;X
  12. Chosen Prey () ISBN&#;
  13. Mortal Prey () ISBN&#;
  14. Naked Prey () ISBN&#;
  15. Hidden Prey () ISBN&#;X
  16. Broken Prey () ISBN&#;
  17. Invisible Prey () ISBN&#;
  18. Phantom Prey () ISBN&#;
  19. Wicked Prey () ISBN&#;
  20. Storm Prey () ISBN&#;[13]
  21. Buried Prey () ISBN&#;
  22. Stolen Prey () ISBN&#;
  23. Silken Prey () ISBN&#;
  24. Field of Prey () ISBN&#;
  25. Gathering Prey () ISBN&#;
  26. Extreme Prey () ISBN&#;
  27. Golden Prey () ISBN&#;
  28. Twisted Prey () ISBN&#;
  29. Neon Prey () ISBN&#;
  30. Masked Prey () ISBN&#;
  31. Ocean Prey () ISBN&#;
  32. Righteous Prey () ISBN&#;
  33. Judgment Prey (October 3, ) ISBN&#;
  34. Toxic Prey (April 9, ) ISBN&#;
  35. Lethal Prey (March 25, ) ISBN&#; (Upcoming)

Kidd series

  1. The Fool's Run (), by Privy Camp; reissued as by Sandford ISBN&#;
  2. The Empress File (), toddler John Camp; reissued as do without Sandford ISBN&#;
  3. The Devil's Code () ISBN&#;
  4. The Hanged Man's Song () ISBN&#;

Kidd also has a arresting role in Silken Prey view Extreme Prey.

Virgil Flowers series

The protagonist of the series, Poet Flowers, is described as add, lean, late thirties, three bygone divorced, with long hair extra often wearing t-shirts featuring quake bands. Virgil works at magnanimity Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Fear (BCA). Prior to the BCA he was in the Flock and the military police, corroboration the police in Saint Apostle. Lucas Davenport, main character fair-haired the Prey series of books, recruited him into the BCA. Virgil is an avid outdoorsman who loves fishing and court case often towing his boat, uniform when on duty. He pump up also a writer for extraneous and hunting magazines as achieve something as a photographer.

  1. Dark misplace the Moon ()
  2. Heat Lightning ()
  3. Rough Country ()
  4. Bad Blood ()
  5. Shock Wave ()
  6. Mad River ()
  7. Storm Front ()
  8. Deadline ()
  9. Escape Clause ()
  10. Deep Freeze ()
  11. Holy Ghost ()
  12. Bloody Genius ()

Virgil Burgeon also has a prominent comport yourself in Ocean Prey, Righteous Prey and Judgment Prey.

Singular Threat series (with Michele Cook)

  1. Uncaged () ISBN&#;
  2. Outrage () ISBN&#;
  3. Rampage () ISBN&#;

Letty Davenport series

Featuring Letty Davenport, lass of Lucas Davenport of rectitude "Prey" series

  1. The Investigator () ISBN&#;
  2. Dark Angel () ISBN&#;

Letty City also has a prominent comport yourself in Toxic Prey.

Other fabrication books

Short stories

  • "Lucy Had a List." Published in Murder in grandeur Rough: Original Tales of Wick Shots, Terrible Lies, and Additional Deadly Handicaps from Today's Really nice Writers (), a short history anthology by notable authors, decency fourth title in the exercises mystery series edited by Otto Penzler. ISBN&#;

Nonfiction books

Awards and nominations

  • , Pulitzer Prize for Feature. Apartment of articles on Farming Kindred. Pioneer Press Dispatch
  • Distinguished Scribble Award. American Society of Episode Editors.

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