VJ Books Presents Author John Sandford (John Roswell Camp)!
 John Roswell Camp (aka John Sandford) was born February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He received a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966, and a master's degree in journalism in 1971, both from the University of Iowa. John Sandford is the pseudonym of John Roswell Camp, an American author and journalist.
He won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 1986, and was one of four finalists for the prize in 1980. He also was the winner of the Distinguished Writing Award of the American Society of Newspaper Editors for 1985.
He is the author of over forty published novels, all of which have appeared, in one format or another, on the New York Times Best-Seller lists. He is also the author of two non-fiction books, one on plastic surgery and one on art. His books have been translated into most European languages, as well as Japanese and Korean. He is also the co-author of three young-adult books in the Singular Menace series, with Michele Cook, and co-author of the science-fiction thriller Saturn Run with Ctein. You can find a collection of John Sandford signed books below this author biography.
After graduating from the University of Iowa in 1966, he spent two years in the U.S. Army, during which he served in Korea. He then worked as a reporter for the in Missouri before returning to University of Iowa in 1970 for his master's degree.
He continues to do occasional journalism, and was embedded with the 2-147 Air Assault Battalion during the Iraq War. He is the principal financial backer of the Beth-Shean Valley Archaeological Project in the Jordan River Valley of Israel.
His latest novel, Dark Angel, follows Letty Davenport, the tough-as-nails adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, as she takes on an undercover assignment that brings her across the country and into the crosshairs of a dangerous group of hackers.
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John Sandford Bibliography
Prey Series
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Rules of Prey - 1989
- Shadow Prey - 1990
- Eyes of Prey - 1991
- Silent Prey - 1992
- Winter Prey - 1993
- Night Prey - 1994
- Mind Prey - 1995
- Sudden Prey - 1996
- Secret Prey - 1998
- Certain Prey - 1999
- Easy Prey - 2000
- Chosen Prey - 2001
- Mortal Prey - 2002
- Naked Prey - 2003
- Hidden Prey - 2004
- Broken Prey - 2005
- Invisible Prey - 2007
- Phantom Prey - 2008
- Wicked Prey - 2009
- Storm Prey - 2010
- Buried Prey - 2011
- Stolen Prey - 2012
- Silken Prey - 2013
- Field of Prey - 2014
- Gathering Prey - 2015
- Extreme Prey - 2016
- Golden Prey - 2017
- Twisted Prey - 2018
- Neon Prey - 2019
- Masked Prey - 2020
- Ocean Prey - 2021
- Righteous Prey - 2022
Letty Davenport Series
- The Investigator - 2022
- Dark Angel - 2023
The Singular Menace Series
- Uncaged - 2014
Kidd Series
- The Fool's Run - 1989, reissued 1996 under the Sandford name)
- The Empress File - 1991, reissued 1995 under the Sandford name)
- The Devil's Code - 2000
- The Hanged Man's Song - 2003
Virgil Flowers Series
- Dark of the Moon - 2007
- Heat Lightning - 2008
- Rough Country - 2009
- Bad Blood - 2010
- Shock Wave - 2011
- Mad River - 2012
- Storm Front - 2013
- Deadline - 2014
- Escape Clause - 2016
- Deep Freeze - 2017
- Holy Ghost - 2018
- Bloody Genius - 2019
Other Fiction
- The Night Crew - 1997
- Dead Watch - 2006
- Murder in the Rough - 2006 (short stories anthology)
- Saturn Run - 2015
Non-Fiction
- The Eye of the Heart - 1988
- Plastic Surgery - 1989
John Sandford Awards
- 1985 - Winner of the Distinguished Writing Award of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
- 1986 - Pulitzer Prize in Journalism
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