John Sandford was born "John Roswell Camp" on February23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and Best Selling novelist. He worked for the Miami Herald from 1971 to 1978. In 1978 he moved to Minneapolis and started working for the Saint PaulPioneer Press. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1980, for a series of stories on Native American culture. In 1986 he won the Pulitzer for Non-Deadline Feature Writing for a series of stories collectively titled "Life on the Land: An American Farm Family." The series, written during the midwest farm crisis, followed a typical southwest Minnesota farm family through the course of a full year. He stopped writing full-time for the Pioneer Press in 1989, although he didn't stop entirely until the next year. He began to take an interest in novel writing, he eventually wrote two novels that were accepted and would spring to life his two best-selling series. First came The Fool's Run of the Kidd series, then Rules of Prey a detective story for the Prey series. Look up February in Wiktionary, the free dictionary February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Cedar Rapids is the name of some places in the United States of America: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cedar Rapids, Nebraska This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 26th 145,743 km² 320 km 500 km 0. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by Knight Ridder. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... Motto: Nickname: Location in Ramsey County, Minnesota Founded 1851 Incorporated 1854 County Ramsey County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Chris Coleman (DFL) Area - Total - Water 145. ... The St. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
When both novels were accepted and due to be published three months apart, the publisher asked John to provide psyeudonym for Rules of Prey. The Fool's Run was published under the name "John Camp", while Rules of Prey published under the name "John Sandford". After the Prey series proved to be more popular, The Fool's Run and all of its subsequent sequels have been published under the "Sandford" name.
His official website has recently announced that Sandford's next novel, Dead Watch, features new characters (Jake Winter is the protaganist) and is set mostly in and around Washington D.C. A preview of the novel is available on his official site.
John Lafayette Camp (February 20, 1828 – 1891) was an American lawyer and planter from Texas who served in the Texas state Senate and as a district court judge.
John was born near Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, the son of John and Elizabeth Camp.
Camp was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1874, and served from 1875 to 1878, when Governor Hubbard appointed him a judge in State district court.
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