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John Sandford (novelist)
American novelist and journalist
John Sandford, pseudonym of John Roswell Camp (born February 23, ), 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 to , Camp wrote for The Miami Herald.
In , he moved to Minneapolis and started writing for The Saint Paul Pioneer Press as a features reporter; in he became a daily columnist. That year, he was a Pulitzer finalist for a series of stories on Native American culture.[9] In , during the Midwest farm crisis, he wrote a series titled "